Food and drink · Small-town market · Utah
Pizza places in the Vernal, UT area
How the Vernal, UT area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #40 of 520 scored small-town markets
#1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah
- Listings
- 5
- 4 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- All limited-service restaurants · +25.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $44.8M
- On food away from home · $3,692 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,278
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, the Vernal area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #40 of 520 scored small-town markets and #1 of 5 scored small-town markets based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 pizza places in the Vernal area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 80%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 4.1 per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,692 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Vernal area spend about $44.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 76% 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 the Vernal area was 25 in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 486 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. Population estimates show the Vernal area grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Vernal area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Vernal area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 486 | 402 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.0% | +12.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,692 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,746 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25All limited-service restaurants · +25.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 562
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 54 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Vernal area, 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 the Vernal area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,278+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,145
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $73,746+13.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,276
- Median home value
- $298,600
- Jobs located here
- 13,294
- Daytime population
- 33,300Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vernal, UT | 75 | 5 | 4.1 | $9M | +7.3% | #40 of 520 |
| 2Brigham City, UT-ID | 75 | 13 | 6.1 | $6.5M | +12.6% | #41 of 520 |
| 3Heber, UT | 68 | 27 | 9.4 | $5.5M | +5.3% | #93 of 520 |
| 4Cedar City, UT | 62 | 13 | 6.4 | $5.6M | +16.4% | #138 of 520 |
| Evanston, WY-UT | 46 | 9 | 10.4 | $3.7M | +2.0% | #300 of 520 |
| 5Price, UT | 38 | 7 | 8.6 | $3.7M | +1.0% | #379 of 520 |
Other business types in the Vernal area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Vernal, UT area?
The Vernal area has 5 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Vernal, UT area spend on food away from home?
About $44.8M a year, or $3,692 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,145 households in the Vernal area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Vernal, UT area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Vernal area has 4.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $9M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Vernal area would have about 9, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 486 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 the Vernal, UT area growing?
Population estimates put the Vernal area at 38,278 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,145 households. The median household income in the Vernal area is $73,746 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.0% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Vernal area scores 75 for pizza places (high), #40 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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