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Pizza places in Waushara County, WI
How Waushara 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 #83 of 2,090 scored counties
#4 of 58 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $37.8M
- On food away from home · $3,570 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.6M
- 49% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 41% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,223
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, Waushara County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #83 of 2,090 scored counties and #4 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 5 pizza places in Waushara County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 4.7 per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Waushara County spend about $37.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,570 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.6M per pizza place, 49% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Waushara County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,176 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $372K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Waushara County. Population estimates show Waushara County grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Waushara 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.
| Measure | Waushara County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.6M | $5.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,176 | 632 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,570 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,107 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 9All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 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
- 2
- Amount
- $372K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Waushara 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 Waushara County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,223+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 10,586
- Median age
- 50.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 626 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $67,107+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,592
- Median home value
- $203,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,727
- Daytime population
- 19,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for pizza places, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Waushara County marked.
Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 87 | 12 | 5.6 | $7.5M | +2.9% | #24 of 2,090 |
| 2St. Croix County, WI | 85 | 24 | 6.4 | $7.3M | +4.7% | #39 of 2,090 |
| 3Pierce County, WI | 81 | 12 | 7.6 | $5.7M | +3.1% | #72 of 2,090 |
| 4Waushara County, WI | 80 | 5 | 4.7 | $7.6M | +2.8% | #83 of 2,090 |
| 5Oconto County, WI | 80 | 10 | 5.9 | $6.4M | +2.9% | #86 of 2,090 |
| 6Vernon County, WI | 79 | 7 | 5.6 | $6.6M | +2.4% | #103 of 2,090 |
| 7Dane County, WI | 77 | 179 | 7.1 | $6.1M | +4.9% | #140 of 2,090 |
| 8Shawano County, WI | 76 | 7 | 4.1 | $8.7M | +1.7% | #148 of 2,090 |
| 9Waukesha County, WI | 76 | 125 | 7.4 | $6.4M | +2.4% | #156 of 2,090 |
| 10Ozaukee County, WI | 75 | 26 | 6.8 | $6.8M | +3.0% | #167 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Waushara County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Waushara County, WI?
Waushara County has 5 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 9 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. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Waushara County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $37.8M a year, or $3,570 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,586 households in Waushara County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Waushara County, WI compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Waushara County has 4.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 41% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.6M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Waushara County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,176 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Waushara County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Waushara County at 25,223 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,586 households. The median household income in Waushara County is $67,107 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.1% 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. Waushara County scores 80 for pizza places (high), #83 of 2,090 scored counties.
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