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Pizza places in Yakima County, WA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #636 of 2,090 scored counties
#31 of 31 scored counties in Washington

Listings
54
42 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
156
All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$315.6M
On food away from home · $3,599 a household
Spending per listing
$5.8M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.2
22% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
259,185
+1.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Yakima County comes to about $315.6M a year: $3,599 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 54 pizza places, that is $5.8M per pizza place, 15% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Yakima County has 54 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 42 of them (78%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.2 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 156 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Yakima County in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 562 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. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $700K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Yakima County.

Population estimates put the population change in Yakima County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Yakima County is 60 (upper middle), #636 of 2,090 scored counties and #31 of 31 scored counties in Washington.

How Yakima 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 Yakima County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureYakima CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.26.18.0
Spending per listing$5.8M$7.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)562593478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.6%+2.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,599$4,501$4,070
Median household income$70,656$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score6087

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
141 → 156All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,045
Annual payroll, 2023
$70.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
25All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5442 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$700K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
259,185+1.0% since 2020
Households
87,708
Median age
34.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
4,295 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$70,656+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,451
Median home value
$310,100
Jobs located here
108,597
Daytime population
259,646Residents 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 Yakima 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
31Yakima County, WA60546.2$5.8M+1.0%#636 of 2,090

Other business types in Yakima County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Yakima County, WA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 pizza places in Yakima County. 42 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 156 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.6% 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 list 25 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $315.6M a year, or $3,599 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 87,708 households in Yakima County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Yakima County has 6.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Yakima County would have about 62, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Yakima County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Yakima County at 259,185 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,708 households. Median household income in Yakima County is $70,656, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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. Yakima County scores 60 for pizza places (upper middle), #636 of 2,090 scored counties.

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