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Pizza places in Wood County, WI

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #546 of 2,090 scored counties
#36 of 58 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
21
14 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
43
All limited-service restaurants · −2.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$115.8M
On food away from home · $3,590 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
19% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,060
−0.2% 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

Households in Wood County spend about $115.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,590 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 pizza places, that is $5.5M per pizza place, 9% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Wood County has 21 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Wood County was 43 in 2023, down 2.3% from 2019. That is one for every 750 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 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Wood County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #546 of 2,090 scored counties and #36 of 58 scored counties in Wisconsin.

How Wood 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 Wood County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureWood CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.56.98.0
Spending per listing$5.5M$5.7M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)750632478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−2.3%+3.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,590$3,959$4,070
Median household income$67,989$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6363

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
44 → 43All limited-service restaurants · −2.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
950
Annual payroll, 2023
$17.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2114 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Wood 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 Wood County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,060−0.2% since 2020
Households
32,253
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
793 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$67,989+23.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,117
Median home value
$175,600
Jobs located here
37,937
Daytime population
75,209Residents 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 Wood 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
36Wood County, WI63216.5$5.5M−0.2%#546 of 2,090

Other business types in Wood County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Wood County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 pizza places in Wood County. 14 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.3% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $115.8M a year, or $3,590 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 32,253 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wood County has 6.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.5M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wood County would have about 23, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 750 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Wood County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Wood County at 74,060 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 32,253 households. Median household income in Wood County is $67,989, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.8%, 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. Wood County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #546 of 2,090 scored counties.

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