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Pizza places in St. Mary Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in St. Mary Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #967 of 2,090 scored counties
#19 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 8
- 6 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- All limited-service restaurants · −11.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.4M
- On food away from home · $3,110 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 41% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 46% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,552
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,110 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in St. Mary Parish spend about $57.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 41% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 8 pizza places on map listings in St. Mary Parish as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 75%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary Parish in 2023, down 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 615 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. Another 13 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates show St. Mary Parish declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, St. Mary Parish has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #967 of 2,090 scored counties and #19 of 34 scored counties in Louisiana.
How St. Mary 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 | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $6.4M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 615 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.8% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,110 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,576 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 30All limited-service restaurants · −11.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 642
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 86 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary 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 St. Mary Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,552−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,463
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,245
- Median home value
- $138,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,344
- Daytime population
- 47,916Residents 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 |
| 19St. Mary Parish, LA | 51 | 8 | 4.3 | $7.2M | −5.3% | #967 of 2,090 |
Other business types in St. Mary Parish
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 St. Mary Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 pizza places in St. Mary Parish. 6 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.8% 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 list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $57.4M a year, or $3,110 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
St. Mary Parish has 4.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7.2M, 41% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 11, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 615 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. St. Mary Parish scores 51 for pizza places (upper middle), #967 of 2,090 scored counties.
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