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Pizza places in Randolph County, WV

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,769 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia

Listings
13
9 chain locations (69%)
Official establishments
13
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$34M
On food away from home · $3,184 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
49% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
53% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
26,882
−3.6% since 2020

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What this means

For pizza places, Randolph County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,769 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Randolph County spend about $34M a year on food away from home, or $3,184 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 pizza places, that is $2.6M per pizza place, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Randolph County has 13 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 69%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 12.2 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Randolph County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 821 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $300K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Randolph County. Population estimates show Randolph County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Randolph County compares

The same measures for West Virginia 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 Randolph County, WV compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRandolph CountyWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.210.98.0
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)821564478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,184$3,343$4,070
Median household income$52,757$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score3120

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 13All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
273
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
139 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$300K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
26,882−3.6% since 2020
Households
10,678
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,040 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$52,757+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,437
Median home value
$144,800
Jobs located here
10,659
Daytime population
26,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Randolph County marked.

Top counties in West Virginia

Counties in West Virginia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson County, WV82187.9$5.5M+9.2%#61 of 2,090
2Berkeley County, WV74428.2$4.7M+13.7%#205 of 2,090
3Hampshire County, WV6378.1$4.2M+4.4%#567 of 2,090
4Marion County, WV44187.7$4.5M−1.2%#1,256 of 2,090
5Upshur County, WV4488.4$3.8M−0.3%#1,272 of 2,090
6Mineral County, WV431311.7$3M−0.4%#1,333 of 2,090
7Putnam County, WV40229.5$4.2M−1.0%#1,432 of 2,090
8Taylor County, WV3969.1$3.7M−2.4%#1,474 of 2,090
9Preston County, WV391713.3$2.5M−0.6%#1,499 of 2,090
10Mason County, WV3898.8$3.5M−2.7%#1,515 of 2,090
17Randolph County, WV311312.2$2.6M−3.6%#1,769 of 2,090

Other business types in Randolph County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Randolph County, WV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Randolph County. 9 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 Randolph County, WV spend on food away from home?

About $34M a year, or $3,184 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 10,678 households in Randolph County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Randolph County, WV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Randolph County has 12.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Randolph County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 821 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Randolph County, WV growing?

Population estimates put Randolph County at 26,882 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,678 households. Median household income in Randolph County is $52,757, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Randolph County scores 31 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,769 of 2,090 scored counties.

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