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Pizza places in the Kenosha, WI metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Kenosha, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #109 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
44
23 chain locations (52%)
Official establishments
134
All limited-service restaurants · +12.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$280.3M
On food away from home · $4,068 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
25% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
168,448
−0.4% 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 the Kenosha metro area comes to about $280.3M a year: $4,068 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 44 pizza places, that is $6.4M per pizza place, 25% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 44 pizza places on map listings in the Kenosha metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Kenosha metro area was 134 in 2023, up 12.6% from 2019. That is one for every 514 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 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Kenosha metro area.

Population estimates show the Kenosha metro area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Kenosha metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #109 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Kenosha metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Kenosha, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureKenosha metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.46.98.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)514632478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.6%+3.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,068$3,959$4,070
Median household income$81,239$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6163

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
134All limited-service restaurants · +12.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,852
Annual payroll, 2023
$49.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
20All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4423 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Kenosha metro area, 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 the Kenosha metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
168,448−0.4% since 2020
Households
68,904
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
272 sq. mi.
People per square mile
620
Median household income
$81,239
Average household income
$103,301
Median home value
$265,500
Jobs located here
76,591
Daytime population
157,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for pizza places, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Kenosha metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI801,0146.9$6.7M+2.6%#12 of 387
1Appleton, WI79636.3$6.6M+2.7%#15 of 387
2Madison, WI782197.3$6M+4.1%#18 of 387
3Wausau, WI72356.0$6.5M+1.0%#50 of 387
4Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI69486.0$6.6M+0.4%#63 of 387
5Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI674266.5$6.2M0.0%#78 of 387
6Green Bay, WI671027.5$5.3M+2.5%#82 of 387
7La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN65486.7$5.8M+0.4%#91 of 387
8Kenosha, WI61446.4$6.4M−0.4%#109 of 387
9Eau Claire, WI59577.9$4.8M+2.6%#117 of 387

Other business types in the Kenosha metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Kenosha, WI metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 44 pizza places in the Kenosha metro area. 23 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.6% 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 20 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kenosha, WI metro area spend on food away from home?

About $280.3M a year, or $4,068 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Kenosha metro area has 6.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 55, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 514 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The Kenosha metro area scores 61 for pizza places (upper middle), #109 of 387 scored metro areas.

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