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Pizza places in Montgomery County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Montgomery County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 79 out of 100: High

Ranked #106 of 2,090 scored counties
#15 of 122 scored counties in Texas

Listings
173
133 chain locations (77%)
Official establishments
484
All limited-service restaurants · +20.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On food away from home · $4,490 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
781,194
+24.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For pizza places, Montgomery County has a Groundwork market score of 79 (high): #106 of 2,090 scored counties and #15 of 122 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 173 pizza places in Montgomery County. Chain locations make up 77% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.0 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Montgomery County spend about $1.1B a year on food away from home, or $4,490 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 173 pizza places, that is $6.4M per pizza place, 26% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Montgomery County was 484 in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. That is one for every 511 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Montgomery County. Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 24.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Montgomery 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.

Pizza in Montgomery County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.06.58.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)511451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+20.7%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+24.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,490$3,970$4,070
Median household income$97,701$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7964

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
401 → 484All limited-service restaurants · +20.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
11,701
Annual payroll, 2023
$227.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
107All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
173133 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
219The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
781,194+24.9% since 2020
Households
247,541
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,042 sq. mi.
People per square mile
657
Median household income
$97,701+20.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,795
Median home value
$346,200
Jobs located here
236,728
Daytime population
606,290Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Texas, with Montgomery County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bastrop County, TX90143.8$10.6M+21.3%#10 of 2,090
2Guadalupe County, TX90324.9$8.6M+15.8%#13 of 2,090
3Waller County, TX86105.5$7.5M+21.9%#30 of 2,090
4Aransas County, TX8354.0$9.1M+9.3%#50 of 2,090
5Lampasas County, TX8256.0$6.7M+9.0%#59 of 2,090
6Wood County, TX8184.3$8M+10.3%#63 of 2,090
7Burnet County, TX81125.7$6.9M+15.2%#66 of 2,090
8Wise County, TX81176.8$6.2M+21.5%#69 of 2,090
9Wilson County, TX8094.9$8.6M+12.2%#78 of 2,090
10Caldwell County, TX7974.2$8.5M+20.0%#93 of 2,090
15Montgomery County, TX791737.0$6.4M+24.9%#106 of 2,090

Other business types in Montgomery County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Montgomery County, TX?

There are 173 pizza places on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. 133 of them (77%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 484 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 107 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Montgomery County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $1.1B a year, or $4,490 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 173 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 247,541 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Montgomery County, TX compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Montgomery County has 7.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 219, against 173 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 511 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 781,194 people in 2025, up 24.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 247,541 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $97,701 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.8% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Montgomery County scores 79 for pizza places (high), #106 of 2,090 scored counties.

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