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Pizza places in Henrico County, VA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #471 of 2,090 scored counties
#32 of 95 scored counties in Virginia

Listings
88
63 chain locations (72%)
Official establishments
310
All limited-service restaurants · −1.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$585.3M
On food away from home · $4,261 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
31% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
342,775
+2.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 88 pizza places in Henrico County. Chain locations make up 72% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.4 for every 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Henrico County comes to about $585.3M a year: $4,261 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.7M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 31% 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.

Official counts show 310 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Henrico County in 2023, down 1.6% from 2019. That is one for every 443 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. Official counts list 69 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Henrico County.

Population estimates show Henrico County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Henrico County is 65 (upper middle), #471 of 2,090 scored counties and #32 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Henrico 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.

Pizza in Henrico County, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureHenrico CountyVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.47.58.0
Spending per listing$6.7M$5.8M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)443471478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.6%+3.6%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,261$4,372$4,070
Median household income$88,783$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market score6559

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
315 → 310All limited-service restaurants · −1.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,018
Annual payroll, 2023
$127.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
69All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8863 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Henrico 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 Henrico County

Population, 2025 estimate
342,775+2.3% since 2020
Households
137,365
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
234 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,437
Median household income
$88,783+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,297
Median home value
$359,200
Jobs located here
205,453
Daytime population
374,226Residents 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 Henrico County 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
32Henrico County, VA65886.4$6.7M+2.3%#471 of 2,090

Other business types in Henrico County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Henrico County, VA?

Henrico County has 88 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 63 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 310 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 69 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Henrico County, VA spend on food away from home?

About $585.3M a year, or $4,261 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 137,365 households in Henrico County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Henrico County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Henrico County has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.7M, 31% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Henrico County would have about 115, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 443 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Henrico County, VA growing?

Population estimates put Henrico County at 342,775 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 137,365 households. The median household income in Henrico County is $88,783 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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. Henrico County scores 65 for pizza places (upper middle), #471 of 2,090 scored counties.

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