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Pizza places in Fauquier County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Fauquier County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #85 of 2,090 scored counties
#16 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 20
- 13 chain locations (65%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- All limited-service restaurants · −9.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.9M
- On food away from home · $5,123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.5
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 76,503
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Fauquier County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #85 of 2,090 scored counties and #16 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 pizza places in Fauquier County. Chain locations make up 65% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Fauquier County comes to about $136.9M a year: $5,123 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 20 pizza places, that is $6.8M per pizza place, 35% 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 Fauquier County was 47 in 2023, down 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 569 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 Fauquier County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fauquier 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 | Fauquier County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 569 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.6% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,123 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $130,189 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 52 → 47All limited-service restaurants · −9.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 856
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2013 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The 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 Fauquier 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 Fauquier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 76,503+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 26,720
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 648 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $130,189+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $157,814
- Median home value
- $573,700
- Jobs located here
- 23,349
- Daytime population
- 58,200Residents 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 |
| 16Fauquier County, VA | 80 | 20 | 7.5 | $6.8M | +4.8% | #85 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Fauquier 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 Fauquier County, VA?
Fauquier County has 20 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 9.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fauquier County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $136.9M a year, or $5,123 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 26,720 households in Fauquier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fauquier County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Fauquier County has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.8M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Fauquier County would have about 27, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 569 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Fauquier County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Fauquier County at 76,503 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,720 households. The median household income in Fauquier County is $130,189 a year, 61% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Fauquier County scores 80 for pizza places (high), #85 of 2,090 scored counties.
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