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Pizza places in Louisa County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Louisa County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 88 out of 100: High
Ranked #21 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 10
- 8 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $63.3M
- On food away from home · $4,070 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.3M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,924
- +13.6% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Louisa County has a Groundwork market score of 88 (high): #21 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Household spending on food away from home in Louisa County comes to about $63.3M a year: $4,070 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $6.3M per pizza place, 25% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Louisa County has 10 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Louisa County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 915 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $852K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Louisa County. Population estimates show Louisa County grew 13.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Louisa 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 | Louisa County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.3M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 915 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,070 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $86,689 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 88 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 17All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 108 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $852K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Louisa 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 Louisa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,924+13.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,561
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 495 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $86,689+42.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $111,574
- Median home value
- $315,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,414
- Daytime population
- 35,038Residents 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 Louisa 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Louisa County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 pizza places in Louisa County. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Louisa County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $63.3M a year, or $4,070 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 15,561 households in Louisa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Louisa County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Louisa County has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.3M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Louisa County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 915 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Louisa County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Louisa County at 42,924 people in 2025, up 13.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,561 households. Median household income in Louisa County is $86,689, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.2%, 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. Louisa County scores 88 for pizza places (high), #21 of 2,090 scored counties.
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