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Pizza places in Oconto County, WI

How Oconto County, WI compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #86 of 2,090 scored counties
#5 of 58 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
10
7 chain locations (70%)
Official establishments
17
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$64.4M
On food away from home · $3,833 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
27% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.9
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,195
+2.9% 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

For pizza places, Oconto County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #86 of 2,090 scored counties and #5 of 58 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 pizza places in Oconto County. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 70%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 5.9 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Oconto County spend about $64.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,833 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 pizza places, that is $6.4M per pizza place, 27% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Oconto County was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 989 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Population estimates show Oconto County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Oconto County 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 Oconto County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureOconto CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.96.98.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)989632478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,833$3,959$4,070
Median household income$75,049$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score8063

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 17All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
203
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
107 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Oconto 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 Oconto County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,195+2.9% since 2020
Households
16,811
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
998 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$75,049+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,497
Median home value
$231,400
Jobs located here
8,756
Daytime population
28,572Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Pizza across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Calumet County, WI87125.6$7.5M+2.9%#24 of 2,090
2St. Croix County, WI85246.4$7.3M+4.7%#39 of 2,090
3Pierce County, WI81127.6$5.7M+3.1%#72 of 2,090
4Waushara County, WI8054.7$7.6M+2.8%#83 of 2,090
5Oconto County, WI80105.9$6.4M+2.9%#86 of 2,090
6Vernon County, WI7975.6$6.6M+2.4%#103 of 2,090
7Dane County, WI771797.1$6.1M+4.9%#140 of 2,090
8Shawano County, WI7674.1$8.7M+1.7%#148 of 2,090
9Waukesha County, WI761257.4$6.4M+2.4%#156 of 2,090
10Ozaukee County, WI75266.8$6.8M+3.0%#167 of 2,090

Other business types in Oconto County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Oconto County, WI?

Oconto County has 10 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

How much do households in Oconto County, WI spend on food away from home?

About $64.4M a year, or $3,833 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 16,811 households in Oconto County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Oconto County, WI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Oconto County has 5.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 27% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Oconto County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 989 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Oconto County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Oconto County at 40,195 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,811 households. The median household income in Oconto County is $75,049 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.2% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Oconto County scores 80 for pizza places (high), #86 of 2,090 scored counties.

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