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Pizza places in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 75 out of 100: High

Ranked #32 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
186
85 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
412
All limited-service restaurants · +11.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1B
On food away from home · $3,912 a household
Spending per listing
$5.4M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
663,982
+9.1% 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

For pizza places, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 75 (high): #32 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pizza places.

At $3,912 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area spend about $1B a year on food away from home. That works out to $5.4M per pizza place, 7% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 186 pizza places on map listings in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 412 businesses with payroll in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 11.7% from 2019. That is one for every 625 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. Since fiscal 2022, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $14.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePalm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.27.18.0
Spending per listing$5.4M$5.4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)625548478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.7%+12.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,912$3,841$4,070
Median household income$78,476$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score7567

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
412All limited-service restaurants · +11.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
8,401
Annual payroll, 2023
$152.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
79All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
18685 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
198The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$14.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
663,982+9.1% since 2020
Households
257,695
Median age
46.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,015 sq. mi.
People per square mile
623
Median household income
$78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,213
Median home value
$339,600
Jobs located here
240,501
Daytime population
606,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for pizza places, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL89192.7$13.9M+21.1%#2 of 387
2North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL842616.7$6M+13.2%#8 of 387
3Naples-Marco Island, FL831297.8$5.6M+10.6%#10 of 387
4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL782276.9$5.6M+14.4%#19 of 387
5Port St. Lucie, FL761426.9$5.5M+16.0%#25 of 387
6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL751565.4$6.5M+19.8%#27 of 387
7Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL751206.0$6.4M+6.5%#29 of 387
8Punta Gorda, FL75576.3$5.7M+15.5%#30 of 387
9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL75507.1$5.4M+7.7%#31 of 387
10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL751867.2$5.4M+9.1%#32 of 387

Other business types in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 186 pizza places in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. 85 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 412 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.7% 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 also show 79 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on food away from home?

About $1B a year, or $3,912 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 186 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 7.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 198, against 186 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 625 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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. The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 75 for pizza places (high), #32 of 387 scored metro areas.

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