Food and drink · Small-town market · Connecticut
Pizza places in the Putnam, CT area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Putnam, CT area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #16 of 520 scored small-town markets
#1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 35
- 9 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $167.6M
- On food away from home · $4,252 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 98,096
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, the Putnam area has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #16 of 520 scored small-town markets and #1 of 2 scored small-town markets based in Connecticut. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 35 pizza places in the Putnam area. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in the Putnam area spend about $167.6M a year on food away from home, or $4,252 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Spread across 35 pizza places, that is $4.8M per pizza place, 6% below 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.
Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Putnam area in 2023. That is one for every 788 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Putnam area. Population estimates show the Putnam area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Putnam area 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 | Putnam area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 10.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 788 | 497 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,252 | $4,498 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,589 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 50All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 759
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 359 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Putnam area, 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 Putnam area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 98,096+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 39,412
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 174
- Median household income
- $90,589
- Average household income
- $113,121
- Median home value
- $307,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,462
- Daytime population
- 79,653Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Putnam, CT | 82 | 35 | 8.9 | $4.8M | +3.0% | #16 of 520 |
| 2Torrington, CT | 76 | 47 | 9.8 | $4.5M | +2.2% | #38 of 520 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Putnam, CT area?
The Putnam area has 35 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 50 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. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Putnam, CT area spend on food away from home?
About $167.6M a year, or $4,252 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 39,412 households in the Putnam area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Putnam, CT area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Putnam area has 8.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.8M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Putnam area would have about 33, against 35 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 788 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is the Putnam, CT area growing?
Population estimates put the Putnam area at 98,096 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,412 households. The median household income in the Putnam area is $90,589 a year, 12% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Putnam area scores 82 for pizza places (high), #16 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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