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Pizza places in Pierce County, WA
How Pierce County, WA 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 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #94 of 2,090 scored counties
#10 of 31 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 189
- 143 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 588
- All limited-service restaurants · +8.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $4,453 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.3M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,288
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Pierce County scores 79 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #94 of 2,090 scored counties and #10 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
At $4,453 per household (9% above the U.S. average), households in Pierce County spend about $1.6B a year on food away from home. That is about $8.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 63% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 189 pizza places on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. 143 of them (76%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Pierce County was 588 in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. That is one for every 598 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, 42 SBA-backed loans worth $20.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pierce County. Population estimates show Pierce County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Pierce 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 | Pierce County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 6.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8.3M | $7.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 598 | 593 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.7% | +2.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,453 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,564 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 87 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 541 → 588All limited-service restaurants · +8.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 11,533
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $285.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 96All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 189143 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 308The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 42
- Amount
- $20.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,288+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 351,330
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,668 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $99,564+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,504
- Median home value
- $526,600
- Jobs located here
- 329,848
- Daytime population
- 851,977Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Pierce County, WA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 189 pizza places in Pierce County. 143 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 588 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.7% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 96 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pierce County, WA spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $4,453 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 189 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8.3M 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 351,330 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, WA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Pierce County has 5.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8.3M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Pierce County would have about 308, against 189 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 598 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Pierce County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 946,288 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 351,330 households. Median household income in Pierce County is $99,564, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Pierce County scores 79 for pizza places (high), #94 of 2,090 scored counties.
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