Food and drink · Metro area · Louisiana
Pizza places in the Hammond, LA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Hammond, LA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #159 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 33
- 21 chain locations (64%)
- Official establishments
- 98
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $172.1M
- On food away from home · $3,309 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 141,346
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Hammond metro area spend about $172.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,309 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 33 pizza places, that is $5.2M per pizza place, 3% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 33 pizza places on map listings in the Hammond metro area as of September 2026. 21 of them (64%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.3, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 98 businesses with payroll in the Hammond metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 531 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 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Hammond metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hammond metro area grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, the Hammond metro area has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #159 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Hammond metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Hammond metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 5.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 531 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.4% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,309 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,760 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 98All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,198
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Hammond 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 Hammond metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 141,346+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 51,999
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 791 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 173
- Median household income
- $56,760+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,166
- Median home value
- $212,900
- Jobs located here
- 48,446
- Daytime population
- 130,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for pizza places, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Hammond metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 68 | 68 | 6.5 | $6.2M | +5.3% | #71 of 387 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 58 | 37 | 4.6 | $7.5M | −3.5% | #123 of 387 |
| 3Lafayette, LA | 58 | 79 | 4.8 | $7.2M | +3.8% | #124 of 387 |
| 4Hammond, LA | 54 | 33 | 6.3 | $5.2M | +5.8% | #159 of 387 |
| 5Baton Rouge, LA | 53 | 180 | 5.4 | $6.9M | +2.1% | #163 of 387 |
| 6Lake Charles, LA | 51 | 40 | 4.3 | $8.3M | −3.8% | #180 of 387 |
| 7Monroe, LA | 50 | 43 | 4.9 | $6.5M | −1.9% | #187 of 387 |
| 8Alexandria, LA | 49 | 23 | 4.1 | $8.2M | −2.5% | #201 of 387 |
| 9New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 35 | 247 | 6.2 | $5.7M | −3.4% | #303 of 387 |
| 10Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 30 | 94 | 6.0 | $5.5M | −2.3% | #334 of 387 |
Other business types in the Hammond metro area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Hammond, LA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 33 pizza places in the Hammond metro area. 21 of them (64%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Hammond, LA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $172.1M a year, or $3,309 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 51,999 households in the Hammond metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hammond, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Hammond metro area has 6.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Hammond metro area would have about 34, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 531 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Hammond, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hammond metro area at 141,346 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,999 households. Median household income in the Hammond metro area is $56,760, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.7%, 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 Hammond metro area scores 54 for pizza places (upper middle), #159 of 387 scored metro areas.
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