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Pizza places in Summers County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Summers County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,884 of 2,090 scored counties
#23 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 9
- 7 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $13M
- On food away from home · $2,769 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.2
- 2.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,532
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Summers County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,884 of 2,090 scored counties and #23 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Summers County spend about $13M a year on food away from home, or $2,769 per household, 32% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 pizza places, that is $1.4M per pizza place, 72% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 9 pizza places on map listings in Summers County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 78%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 19.2 for every 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Summers County in 2023. That is one for every 1,560 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. Population estimates show Summers County declined 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Summers 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.
| Measure | Summers County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.2 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $3.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,560 | 564 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,769 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $40,699 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 99
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 97 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Summers 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 Summers County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,532−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,680
- Median age
- 47.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $40,699+6.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $58,559
- Median home value
- $140,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,800
- Daytime population
- 10,079Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 82 | 18 | 7.9 | $5.5M | +9.2% | #61 of 2,090 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 74 | 42 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +13.7% | #205 of 2,090 |
| 3Hampshire County, WV | 63 | 7 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #567 of 2,090 |
| 4Marion County, WV | 44 | 18 | 7.7 | $4.5M | −1.2% | #1,256 of 2,090 |
| 5Upshur County, WV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $3.8M | −0.3% | #1,272 of 2,090 |
| 6Mineral County, WV | 43 | 13 | 11.7 | $3M | −0.4% | #1,333 of 2,090 |
| 7Putnam County, WV | 40 | 22 | 9.5 | $4.2M | −1.0% | #1,432 of 2,090 |
| 8Taylor County, WV | 39 | 6 | 9.1 | $3.7M | −2.4% | #1,474 of 2,090 |
| 9Preston County, WV | 39 | 17 | 13.3 | $2.5M | −0.6% | #1,499 of 2,090 |
| 10Mason County, WV | 38 | 9 | 8.8 | $3.5M | −2.7% | #1,515 of 2,090 |
| 23Summers County, WV | 27 | 9 | 19.2 | $1.4M | −3.3% | #1,884 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Summers County
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Summers County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Summers County. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 3 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 Summers County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $13M a year, or $2,769 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 4,680 households in Summers County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summers County, WV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Summers County has 19.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.4M, 72% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Summers County would have about 3, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,560 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Summers County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Summers County at 11,532 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,680 households. Median household income in Summers County is $40,699, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 6.6%, 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. Summers County scores 27 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,884 of 2,090 scored counties.
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