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Pizza places in Island County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Island County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #112 of 2,090 scored counties
#14 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 17
- 9 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 38
- All limited-service restaurants · +26.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $150.6M
- On food away from home · $4,187 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.9M
- 74% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,657
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Island County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #112 of 2,090 scored counties and #14 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 pizza places in Island County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 53%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Island County comes to about $150.6M a year: $4,187 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 17 pizza places, that is $8.9M per pizza place, 74% 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 Island County was 38 in 2023, up 26.7% from 2019. That is one for every 947 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. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Island County. Population estimates put the population change in Island County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Island County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Island County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 6.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.9M | $7.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 947 | 593 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.7% | +2.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,187 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,551 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 38All limited-service restaurants · +26.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 755
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 179 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Island 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 Island County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,657−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 35,972
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 209 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $90,551+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,035
- Median home value
- $593,300
- Jobs located here
- 16,025
- Daytime population
- 70,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, WA | 92 | 5 | 3.1 | $13M | +8.0% | #4 of 2,090 |
| 2Mason County, WA | 87 | 15 | 5.8 | $6.9M | +7.8% | #25 of 2,090 |
| 3Clark County, WA | 86 | 118 | 6.0 | $7.3M | +5.3% | #31 of 2,090 |
| 4Jefferson County, WA | 85 | 7 | 4.3 | $9M | +2.7% | #34 of 2,090 |
| 5Stevens County, WA | 85 | 9 | 4.6 | $7.8M | +6.6% | #37 of 2,090 |
| 6Klickitat County, WA | 83 | 6 | 6.1 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #54 of 2,090 |
| 7San Juan County, WA | 81 | 7 | 7.8 | $5.4M | +4.2% | #74 of 2,090 |
| 8Lewis County, WA | 80 | 16 | 4.9 | $7.7M | +6.7% | #82 of 2,090 |
| 9Snohomish County, WA | 80 | 202 | 6.4 | $7.5M | +4.9% | #84 of 2,090 |
| 10Pierce County, WA | 79 | 189 | 5.4 | $8.3M | +2.5% | #94 of 2,090 |
| 14Island County, WA | 78 | 17 | 4.7 | $8.9M | −1.5% | #112 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Island County, WA?
There are 17 pizza places on map listings in Island County as of September 2026. 9 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 38 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 26.7% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Island County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $150.6M a year, or $4,187 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.9M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,972 households in Island County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Island County, WA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Island County has 4.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.9M, 74% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Island County would have about 30, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 947 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Island County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Island County at 85,657 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,972 households. The median household income in Island County is $90,551 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Island County scores 78 for pizza places (high), #112 of 2,090 scored counties.
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