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Pizza places in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area
The pizza places in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #206 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 834
- 573 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 1,779
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.5B
- On food away from home · $4,111 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,205,695
- +5.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,111 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area spend about $3.5B a year on food away from home. Spread across 834 pizza places, that is $4.2M per pizza place, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 834 pizza places on map listings in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 573 are chain locations, or 69%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,779 businesses with payroll in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 474 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. Official counts also show 356 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 79 SBA-backed loans worth $28.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area grew 5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area scores 49 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #206 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 10.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3.6M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 474 | 503 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.4% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,111 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,852 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,779All limited-service restaurants · +13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 36,961
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $699.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 356All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 834573 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 682The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 79
- Amount
- $28.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,205,695+5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 842,765
- Median age
- 38.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,086 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 521
- Median household income
- $79,852
- Average household income
- $109,117
- Median home value
- $265,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,145,198
- Daytime population
- 2,228,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 54 | 725 | 8.0 | $5.1M | +2.7% | #160 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 52 | 2,903 | 8.0 | $5.5M | 0.0% | #174 of 387 |
| 1Fort Wayne, IN | 50 | 151 | 8.3 | $4.5M | +3.9% | #196 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 50 | 471 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +2.9% | #197 of 387 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 49 | 834 | 9.9 | $4.2M | +5.4% | #206 of 387 |
| 3Columbus, IN | 44 | 35 | 10.5 | $3.8M | +4.3% | #244 of 387 |
| 4South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 43 | 106 | 8.3 | $4.5M | +0.1% | #250 of 387 |
| 5Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 37 | 42 | 9.6 | $3.8M | −0.9% | #293 of 387 |
| 6Bloomington, IN | 35 | 68 | 10.0 | $3.6M | +2.0% | #306 of 387 |
| 7Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 30 | 92 | 10.1 | $3.5M | +2.1% | #337 of 387 |
Other business types in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area
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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 834 pizza places in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area. 573 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 1,779 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 356 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area spend on food away from home?
About $3.5B a year, or $4,111 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 834 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 842,765 households in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area has 9.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area would have about 682, against 834 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 474 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area at 2,205,695 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 842,765 households. Median household income in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area is $79,852, in line with 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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area scores 49 for pizza places (lower middle), #206 of 387 scored metro areas.
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