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Pizza places in Chesterfield County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Chesterfield County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #81 of 2,090 scored counties
#15 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 82
- 59 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 269
- All limited-service restaurants · +16.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $631.7M
- On food away from home · $4,508 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 52% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 397,148
- +8.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Chesterfield County is 80 (high), #81 of 2,090 scored counties and #15 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 pizza places in Chesterfield County. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Chesterfield County comes to about $631.7M a year: $4,508 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 82 pizza places, that is $7.7M per pizza place, 52% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 269 businesses with payroll in Chesterfield County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 16.0% from 2019. That is one for every 521 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, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chesterfield County. Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Chesterfield 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 | Chesterfield County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 521 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.0% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,508 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $101,931 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 232 → 269All limited-service restaurants · +16.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,064
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $120M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 57All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8259 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 124The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 397,148+8.7% since 2020
- Households
- 140,155
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 424 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 892
- Median household income
- $101,931+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,631
- Median home value
- $366,000
- Jobs located here
- 149,426
- Daytime population
- 346,516Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Chesterfield County marked.
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 |
| 15Chesterfield County, VA | 80 | 82 | 5.9 | $7.7M | +8.7% | #81 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Chesterfield County, VA?
There are 82 pizza places on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. 59 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 269 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 16.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 57 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Chesterfield County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $631.7M a year, or $4,508 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 140,155 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chesterfield County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Chesterfield County has 5.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.7M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 124, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 521 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Chesterfield County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 397,148 people in 2025, up 8.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 140,155 households. The median household income in Chesterfield County is $101,931 a year, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.4% 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. Chesterfield County scores 80 for pizza places (high), #81 of 2,090 scored counties.
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