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Pizza places in Franklin city, VA

How Franklin city, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
4
4 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
12
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On food away from home · $3,240 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.6
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
8,478
+4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,240 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin city spend about $11.2M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Franklin city has 4 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 11.6 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Franklin city in 2023. That is one for every 288 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.

Population estimates show Franklin city grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Franklin city 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.

Pizza in Franklin city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.67.58.0
Spending per listing$2.8M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)288471478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,240$4,372$4,070
Median household income$63,245$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 12All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
271
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
44 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Franklin city, 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 Franklin city

Population, 2025 estimate
8,478+4.1% since 2020
Households
3,454
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
54%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
8 sq. mi.
People per square mile
997
Median household income
$63,245
Average household income
$74,218
Median home value
$256,600
Jobs located here
3,977
Daytime population
8,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Franklin city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New Kent County, VA9855.4$8.9M+21.2%#1 of 2,090
2Powhatan County, VA9376.2$7.5M+7.0%#2 of 2,090
3Frederick County, VA91174.8$9.2M+8.8%#7 of 2,090
4Caroline County, VA9165.0$8.1M+11.3%#8 of 2,090
5Albemarle County, VA90214.6$10.1M+5.1%#11 of 2,090
6Rockingham County, VA88164.9$7.9M+6.6%#17 of 2,090
7Louisa County, VA88106.4$6.3M+13.6%#21 of 2,090
8Isle of Wight County, VA8585.1$8.4M+6.7%#36 of 2,090
9James City County, VA85216.6$7.1M+6.2%#41 of 2,090
10Culpeper County, VA83115.8$7.5M+9.3%#51 of 2,090
Franklin city, VANot scored411.6$2.8M+4.1%

Other business types in Franklin city

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Franklin city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 pizza places in Franklin city. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

How much do households in Franklin city, VA spend on food away from home?

About $11.2M a year, or $3,240 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 3,454 households in Franklin city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin city, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Franklin city has 11.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Franklin city would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 288 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Franklin city at 8,478 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,454 households. Median household income in Franklin city is $63,245, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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