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Pizza places in Kittitas County, WA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Kittitas County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #609 of 2,090 scored counties
#30 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- All limited-service restaurants · +17.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $78M
- On food away from home · $3,900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 48,803
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Kittitas County spend about $78M a year on food away from home, or $3,900 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Kittitas County has 13 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 54%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Kittitas County in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 417 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $379K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kittitas County.
Population estimates put the population change in Kittitas County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Kittitas County is 61 (upper middle), #609 of 2,090 scored counties and #30 of 31 scored counties in Washington.
How Kittitas 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 | Kittitas County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 6.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $7.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 417 | 593 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.1% | +2.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,900 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,804 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41 → 48All limited-service restaurants · +17.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 765
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $379K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Kittitas 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 Kittitas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,803+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,993
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 2,297 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $73,804+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,663
- Median home value
- $497,400
- Jobs located here
- 18,312
- Daytime population
- 44,464Residents 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 |
| 30Kittitas County, WA | 61 | 13 | 6.5 | $6M | +4.2% | #609 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Kittitas County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Kittitas County. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. 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 Kittitas County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $78M a year, or $3,900 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6M 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 19,993 households in Kittitas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kittitas County, WA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Kittitas County has 6.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Kittitas County would have about 15, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 417 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Kittitas County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Kittitas County at 48,803 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,993 households. Median household income in Kittitas County is $73,804, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.8%, 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. Kittitas County scores 61 for pizza places (upper middle), #609 of 2,090 scored counties.
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