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Pizza places in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area
The pizza places in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 75 out of 100: High
Ranked #29 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 120
- 86 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 352
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $766M
- On food away from home · $3,799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 26% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 544,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 75 (high) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #29 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 120 pizza places in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. 86 of them (72%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area comes to about $766M a year: $3,799 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 26% above 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 352 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 573 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, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $13.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.
| Measure | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 7.1 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $5.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 573 | 548 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +12.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,799 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,967 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 75 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 352All limited-service restaurants · +10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,911
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $149.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12086 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 151The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $13.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 544,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,632
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,669 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,236
- Median home value
- $286,000
- Jobs located here
- 205,446
- Daytime population
- 517,822Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 19 | 2.7 | $13.9M | +21.1% | #2 of 387 |
| 2North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 84 | 261 | 6.7 | $6M | +13.2% | #8 of 387 |
| 3Naples-Marco Island, FL | 83 | 129 | 7.8 | $5.6M | +10.6% | #10 of 387 |
| 4Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 78 | 227 | 6.9 | $5.6M | +14.4% | #19 of 387 |
| 5Port St. Lucie, FL | 76 | 142 | 6.9 | $5.5M | +16.0% | #25 of 387 |
| 6Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 75 | 156 | 5.4 | $6.5M | +19.8% | #27 of 387 |
| 7Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 75 | 120 | 6.0 | $6.4M | +6.5% | #29 of 387 |
| 8Punta Gorda, FL | 75 | 57 | 6.3 | $5.7M | +15.5% | #30 of 387 |
| 9Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 75 | 50 | 7.1 | $5.4M | +7.7% | #31 of 387 |
| 10Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 75 | 186 | 7.2 | $5.4M | +9.1% | #32 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 120 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 86 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 352 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 67 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $766M a year, or $3,799 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 120 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 6.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.4M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 151, against 120 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 573 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 75 for pizza places (high), #29 of 387 scored metro areas.
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