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Pizza places in Rutland County, VT
The pizza places in Rutland County, VT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,020 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 21
- 5 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- All limited-service restaurants · −4.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $92.3M
- On food away from home · $3,644 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,653
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Rutland County comes to about $92.3M a year: $3,644 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Rutland County has 21 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in Rutland County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 4.6% from 2019. That is one for every 618 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $550K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rutland County.
Population estimates show Rutland County declined 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rutland County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,020 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in Vermont.
How Rutland 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 | Rutland County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $5.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 618 | 629 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.6% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,644 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,616 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 43 → 41All limited-service restaurants · −4.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 622
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 215 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $550K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Rutland 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 Rutland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,653−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 25,321
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 931 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 65
- Median household income
- $68,616+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,636
- Median home value
- $229,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,134
- Daytime population
- 57,388Residents 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 |
Other business types in Rutland County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Rutland County, VT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 pizza places in Rutland County. 5 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.6% 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 list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Rutland County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $92.3M a year, or $3,644 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 25,321 households in Rutland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rutland County, VT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Rutland County has 8.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Rutland County would have about 18, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 618 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Rutland County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Rutland County at 59,653 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,321 households. Median household income in Rutland County is $68,616, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Rutland County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,090 scored counties.
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