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Pizza places in Skagit County, WA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Skagit County, WA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #412 of 2,090 scored counties
#28 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
41
37 chain locations (90%)
Official establishments
90
All limited-service restaurants · +8.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$217.4M
On food away from home · $4,155 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.8
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,975
+2.4% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Skagit County comes to about $217.4M a year: $4,155 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 41 pizza places on map listings in Skagit County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Skagit County in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 581 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. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Skagit County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Skagit County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Skagit County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #412 of 2,090 scored counties and #28 of 31 scored counties in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Skagit 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.

Pizza in Skagit County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSkagit CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.86.18.0
Spending per listing$5.3M$7.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)581593478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.4%+2.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,155$4,501$4,070
Median household income$89,263$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6787

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83 → 90All limited-service restaurants · +8.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,607
Annual payroll, 2023
$39.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4137 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$2.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Skagit 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 Skagit County

Population, 2025 estimate
132,975+2.4% since 2020
Households
52,329
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,730 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,733
Median home value
$545,100
Jobs located here
49,731
Daytime population
119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for pizza places, numbered among those based in Washington, with Skagit County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, WA9253.1$13M+8.0%#4 of 2,090
2Mason County, WA87155.8$6.9M+7.8%#25 of 2,090
3Clark County, WA861186.0$7.3M+5.3%#31 of 2,090
4Jefferson County, WA8574.3$9M+2.7%#34 of 2,090
5Stevens County, WA8594.6$7.8M+6.6%#37 of 2,090
6Klickitat County, WA8366.1$6.2M+6.6%#54 of 2,090
7San Juan County, WA8177.8$5.4M+4.2%#74 of 2,090
8Lewis County, WA80164.9$7.7M+6.7%#82 of 2,090
9Snohomish County, WA802026.4$7.5M+4.9%#84 of 2,090
10Pierce County, WA791895.4$8.3M+2.5%#94 of 2,090
28Skagit County, WA67417.8$5.3M+2.4%#412 of 2,090

Other business types in Skagit County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Skagit County, WA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 41 pizza places in Skagit County. 37 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019. 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 10 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Skagit County, WA spend on food away from home?

About $217.4M a year, or $4,155 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 52,329 households in Skagit County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Skagit County, WA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Skagit County has 7.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.3M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Skagit County would have about 43, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 581 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Skagit County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Skagit County at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. Median household income in Skagit County is $89,263, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Skagit County scores 67 for pizza places (upper middle), #412 of 2,090 scored counties.

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