Pizza Ranch, Inc., founded in 1981,[2][3] is a Midwestern fast casual buffet restaurant chain with more than 200 locations.

[4][5] Pizza Ranch has over 200 locations[6] in Iowa, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

[11][12][13] In 1981, Pizza Ranch was founded by Adrie Groeneweg and Lawrence Vander Esch.

[18] In 2001, Vander Esch left the company after being arrested and sent to prison for sexual abuse involving fraudulently obtaining semen samples of his teen employees under the pretense of a prostate study.

[19] In 2024, an Iowa man achieved the feat of visiting every Pizza Ranch location in existence.