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Pizza places in Buchanan County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Buchanan County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,979 of 2,090 scored counties
#88 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 12
- 12 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $20.6M
- On food away from home · $2,739 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 66% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 99% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,492
- −8.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Buchanan County is 22 (low), #1,979 of 2,090 scored counties and #88 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pizza places in Buchanan County. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 15.9 per 10,000 households, 99% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Buchanan County spend about $20.6M a year on food away from home, or $2,739 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. Spread across 12 pizza places, that is $1.7M per pizza place, 66% below 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.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Buchanan County in 2023. That is one for every 837 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Buchanan County declined 8.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Buchanan County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Buchanan County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 837 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −8.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,739 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $42,886 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 9All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 189
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1212 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,492−8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,530
- Median age
- 48.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 503 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $42,886+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,349
- Median home value
- $94,900
- Jobs located here
- 5,997
- Daytime population
- 18,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 98 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #1 of 2,090 |
| 2Powhatan County, VA | 93 | 7 | 6.2 | $7.5M | +7.0% | #2 of 2,090 |
| 3Frederick County, VA | 91 | 17 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +8.8% | #7 of 2,090 |
| 4Caroline County, VA | 91 | 6 | 5.0 | $8.1M | +11.3% | #8 of 2,090 |
| 5Albemarle County, VA | 90 | 21 | 4.6 | $10.1M | +5.1% | #11 of 2,090 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 88 | 16 | 4.9 | $7.9M | +6.6% | #17 of 2,090 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 88 | 10 | 6.4 | $6.3M | +13.6% | #21 of 2,090 |
| 8Isle of Wight County, VA | 85 | 8 | 5.1 | $8.4M | +6.7% | #36 of 2,090 |
| 9James City County, VA | 85 | 21 | 6.6 | $7.1M | +6.2% | #41 of 2,090 |
| 10Culpeper County, VA | 83 | 11 | 5.8 | $7.5M | +9.3% | #51 of 2,090 |
| 88Buchanan County, VA | 22 | 12 | 15.9 | $1.7M | −8.7% | #1,979 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Buchanan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Buchanan County, VA?
There are 12 pizza places on map listings in Buchanan County as of September 2026. 12 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Buchanan County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $20.6M a year, or $2,739 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,530 households in Buchanan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buchanan County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Buchanan County has 15.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 99% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.7M, 66% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Buchanan County would have about 4, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 837 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Buchanan County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Buchanan County at 18,492 people in 2025, down 8.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,530 households. The median household income in Buchanan County is $42,886 a year, 47% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.2% 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. Buchanan County scores 22 for pizza places (low), #1,979 of 2,090 scored counties.
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