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Pizza places in Richmond city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Richmond city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #474 of 2,090 scored counties
#33 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 62
- 25 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 202
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $378.7M
- On food away from home · $3,630 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 237,257
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 pizza places in Richmond city. Chain locations make up 40% 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.
At $3,630 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Richmond city spend about $378.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 20% 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 202 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Richmond city in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 516 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 also show 29 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Richmond city.
Population estimates show Richmond city grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Richmond city scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #474 of 2,090 scored counties and #33 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Richmond 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.
| Measure | Richmond city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 516 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,630 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,587 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 199 → 202All limited-service restaurants · +1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,054
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Richmond 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 Richmond city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 237,257+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 104,321
- Median age
- 36.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 60 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,827
- Median household income
- $64,587+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,266
- Median home value
- $353,000
- Jobs located here
- 174,706
- Daytime population
- 296,295Residents 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 |
| 33Richmond city, VA | 65 | 62 | 5.9 | $6.1M | +4.6% | #474 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Richmond city, VA?
There are 62 pizza places on map listings in Richmond city as of September 2026. 25 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 202 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Richmond city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $378.7M a year, or $3,630 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 104,321 households in Richmond city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richmond city, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Richmond city has 5.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Richmond city would have about 75, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 516 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Richmond city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Richmond city at 237,257 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,321 households. The median household income in Richmond city is $64,587 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.7% 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. Richmond city scores 65 for pizza places (upper middle), #474 of 2,090 scored counties.
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