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Pizza places in Orleans Parish, LA
The pizza places in Orleans Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,687 of 2,090 scored counties
#31 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 113
- 58 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 377
- All limited-service restaurants · +4.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $541.6M
- On food away from home · $3,476 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 362,154
- −5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Orleans Parish scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,687 of 2,090 scored counties and #31 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Orleans Parish comes to about $541.6M a year: $3,476 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 113 pizza places, that is $4.8M per pizza place, 6% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 113 pizza places on map listings in Orleans Parish as of September 2026. 58 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Orleans Parish was 377 in 2023, up 4.1% from 2019. That is one for every 413 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, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Orleans Parish. Population estimates show Orleans Parish declined 5.5% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Orleans Parish 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 | Orleans Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 5.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 413 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.1% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,476 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,631 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 362 → 377All limited-service restaurants · +4.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,019
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $134.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 86All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11358 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Orleans Parish, 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 Orleans Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 362,154−5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 155,821
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 170 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,193
- Median household income
- $56,631+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,726
- Median home value
- $315,700
- Jobs located here
- 192,799
- Daytime population
- 412,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 76 | 26 | 4.9 | $7.8M | +8.5% | #149 of 2,090 |
| 2Vermilion Parish, LA | 70 | 7 | 3.2 | $10.2M | +1.3% | #295 of 2,090 |
| 3St. Charles Parish, LA | 69 | 7 | 3.8 | $10.6M | −3.7% | #324 of 2,090 |
| 4St. Tammany Parish, LA | 69 | 68 | 6.5 | $6.2M | +5.3% | #338 of 2,090 |
| 5Ascension Parish, LA | 67 | 31 | 6.5 | $6.6M | +6.4% | #392 of 2,090 |
| 6West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 66 | 5 | 4.6 | $8.5M | +5.5% | #431 of 2,090 |
| 7St. Martin Parish, LA | 64 | 6 | 3.1 | $10.7M | −1.0% | #496 of 2,090 |
| 8Lafourche Parish, LA | 63 | 16 | 4.2 | $8.3M | −2.0% | #528 of 2,090 |
| 9Iberville Parish, LA | 61 | 5 | 4.4 | $7.6M | −1.6% | #601 of 2,090 |
| 10Lafayette Parish, LA | 61 | 55 | 5.5 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #604 of 2,090 |
| 31Orleans Parish, LA | 33 | 113 | 7.3 | $4.8M | −5.5% | #1,687 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Orleans Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 113 pizza places in Orleans Parish. 58 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 377 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.1% 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 86 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orleans Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $541.6M a year, or $3,476 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 155,821 households in Orleans Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orleans Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Orleans Parish has 7.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 9% below 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 U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Orleans Parish would have about 107, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 413 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Orleans Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Orleans Parish at 362,154 people in 2025, down 5.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,821 households. Median household income in Orleans Parish is $56,631, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.1%, 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. Orleans Parish scores 33 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,687 of 2,090 scored counties.
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