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Pizza places in Johnson County, TX
How Johnson County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #397 of 2,090 scored counties
#46 of 122 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 43
- 33 chain locations (77%)
- Official establishments
- 165
- All limited-service restaurants · +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $263.4M
- On food away from home · $4,021 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 218,048
- +20.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Johnson County spend about $263.4M a year on food away from home, or $4,021 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 43 pizza places, that is $6.1M per pizza place, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 43 pizza places on map listings in Johnson County as of September 2026. Of those, 33 are chain locations, or 77%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Johnson County was 165 in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 22 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Johnson County.
Population estimates put the population change in Johnson County from 2020 to 2025 at +20.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Johnson County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #397 of 2,090 scored counties and #46 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Johnson County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Johnson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,021 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,859 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 132 → 165All limited-service restaurants · +25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,448
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 22All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Johnson County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places.
Population and households in Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 218,048+20.5% since 2020
- Households
- 65,507
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 725 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 270
- Median household income
- $84,859+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,542
- Median home value
- $285,900
- Jobs located here
- 54,539
- Daytime population
- 156,023Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bastrop County, TX | 90 | 14 | 3.8 | $10.6M | +21.3% | #10 of 2,090 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 32 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +15.8% | #13 of 2,090 |
| 3Waller County, TX | 86 | 10 | 5.5 | $7.5M | +21.9% | #30 of 2,090 |
| 4Aransas County, TX | 83 | 5 | 4.0 | $9.1M | +9.3% | #50 of 2,090 |
| 5Lampasas County, TX | 82 | 5 | 6.0 | $6.7M | +9.0% | #59 of 2,090 |
| 6Wood County, TX | 81 | 8 | 4.3 | $8M | +10.3% | #63 of 2,090 |
| 7Burnet County, TX | 81 | 12 | 5.7 | $6.9M | +15.2% | #66 of 2,090 |
| 8Wise County, TX | 81 | 17 | 6.8 | $6.2M | +21.5% | #69 of 2,090 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 80 | 9 | 4.9 | $8.6M | +12.2% | #78 of 2,090 |
| 10Caldwell County, TX | 79 | 7 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +20.0% | #93 of 2,090 |
| 46Johnson County, TX | 67 | 43 | 6.6 | $6.1M | +20.5% | #397 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Johnson County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 43 pizza places in Johnson County. 33 of them (77%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 165 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 22 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Johnson County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $263.4M a year, or $4,021 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 65,507 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Johnson County has 6.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Johnson County would have about 52, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 218,048 people in 2025, up 20.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,507 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $84,859, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Johnson County scores 67 for pizza places (upper middle), #397 of 2,090 scored counties.
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