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Pizza places in Chittenden County, VT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Chittenden County, VT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #445 of 2,090 scored counties
#3 of 10 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 54
- 20 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 128
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $314.6M
- On food away from home · $4,403 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 169,115
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Chittenden County comes to about $314.6M a year: $4,403 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 54 pizza places, that is $5.8M per pizza place, 15% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Chittenden County has 54 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Chittenden County was 128 in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 558 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 list 26 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $969K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chittenden County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chittenden County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Chittenden County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #445 of 2,090 scored counties and #3 of 10 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Chittenden County compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Chittenden County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $5.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 558 | 629 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,403 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $96,759 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 124 → 128All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,887
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $49.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $969K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chittenden 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 Chittenden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 169,115+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 71,456
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 537 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 316
- Median household income
- $96,759+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,699
- Median home value
- $439,200
- Jobs located here
- 103,357
- Daytime population
- 189,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Franklin County, VT | 83 | 8 | 4.0 | $9.8M | +2.3% | #49 of 2,090 |
| 2Orleans County, VT | 77 | 5 | 4.1 | $8.8M | +0.7% | #129 of 2,090 |
| 3Chittenden County, VT | 66 | 54 | 7.6 | $5.8M | +0.4% | #445 of 2,090 |
| 4Washington County, VT | 65 | 20 | 7.7 | $5.2M | −0.2% | #481 of 2,090 |
| 5Windsor County, VT | 64 | 16 | 6.3 | $6.3M | −0.7% | #500 of 2,090 |
| 6Bennington County, VT | 51 | 13 | 8.7 | $4.4M | −1.8% | #981 of 2,090 |
| 7Rutland County, VT | 50 | 21 | 8.3 | $4.4M | −1.4% | #1,020 of 2,090 |
| 8Caledonia County, VT | 49 | 12 | 9.2 | $4M | +0.8% | #1,077 of 2,090 |
| 9Lamoille County, VT | 48 | 16 | 13.4 | $2.9M | +1.4% | #1,129 of 2,090 |
| 10Windham County, VT | 33 | 22 | 11.1 | $3.4M | −1.4% | #1,699 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Chittenden County, VT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 pizza places in Chittenden County. 20 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 128 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 26 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chittenden County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $314.6M a year, or $4,403 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 71,456 households in Chittenden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chittenden County, VT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Chittenden County has 7.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Chittenden County would have about 62, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Chittenden County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Chittenden County at 169,115 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,456 households. Median household income in Chittenden County is $96,759, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, 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. Chittenden County scores 66 for pizza places (upper middle), #445 of 2,090 scored counties.
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