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Pizza places in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #806 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut
- Listings
- 135
- 36 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 249
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $532.2M
- On food away from home · $4,449 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 41% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 337,697
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region comes to about $532.2M a year: $4,449 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 135 pizza places on map listings in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region as of September 2026. 36 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region was 249 in 2023. That is one for every 480 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 69 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.
Population estimates show the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #806 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut.
How the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 10.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 480 | 497 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,449 | $4,498 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $89,667 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 249All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 3,250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 69All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13536 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 105The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 13
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 337,697+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 119,633
- Median age
- 40.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 140 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,349
- Median household income
- $89,667
- Average household income
- $139,143
- Median home value
- $428,800
- Jobs located here
- 117,586
- Daytime population
- 303,573Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for pizza places, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region marked.
Top counties in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 73 | 35 | 8.9 | $4.8M | +3.0% | #230 of 2,090 |
| 2Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT | 68 | 47 | 9.8 | $4.5M | +2.2% | #377 of 2,090 |
| 3Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 63 | 230 | 9.8 | $5.4M | +3.5% | #548 of 2,090 |
| 4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT | 63 | 77 | 10.4 | $4.5M | +2.3% | #561 of 2,090 |
| 5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 59 | 185 | 10.3 | $4.1M | +3.2% | #694 of 2,090 |
| 6Capitol Planning Region, CT | 58 | 417 | 10.7 | $4.1M | +3.1% | #732 of 2,090 |
| 7Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT | 56 | 135 | 11.3 | $3.9M | +4.1% | #806 of 2,090 |
| 8South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 49 | 268 | 11.6 | $3.7M | +2.5% | #1,083 of 2,090 |
| 9Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 47 | 137 | 11.8 | $3.5M | +2.0% | #1,157 of 2,090 |
Other business types in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
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 the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 135 pizza places in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region. 36 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 249 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 69 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT spend on food away from home?
About $532.2M a year, or $4,449 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 135 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 119,633 households in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 11.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.9M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region would have about 105, against 135 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT growing?
Population estimates put the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region at 337,697 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,633 households. Median household income in the Greater Bridgeport Planning Region is $89,667, 11% above 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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region scores 56 for pizza places (upper middle), #806 of 2,090 scored counties.
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