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Pizza places in Allegany County, MD

How Allegany County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,946 of 2,090 scored counties
#23 of 23 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
29
20 chain locations (69%)
Official establishments
57
All limited-service restaurants · −12.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$88.4M
On food away from home · $3,230 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.6
33% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,848
−1.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Allegany County is 23 (low), #1,946 of 2,090 scored counties and #23 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 pizza places in Allegany County. Chain locations make up 69% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,230 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Allegany County spend about $88.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3M per pizza place, 40% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 57 businesses with payroll in Allegany County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 12.3% from 2019. That is one for every 480 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $790K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Allegany County. Population estimates show Allegany County declined 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Allegany County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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.

Pizza in Allegany County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureAllegany CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.67.48.0
Spending per listing$3M$6.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)480431478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−12.3%−0.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.6%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,230$4,604$4,070
Median household income$59,603$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score2358

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
65 → 57All limited-service restaurants · −12.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,336
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2920 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$790K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Allegany County, 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 Allegany County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,848−1.6% since 2020
Households
27,382
Median age
42.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
422 sq. mi.
People per square mile
160
Median household income
$59,603+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,712
Median home value
$154,900
Jobs located here
25,839
Daytime population
68,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for pizza places, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Allegany County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Frederick County, MD76837.9$6.3M+11.0%#157 of 2,090
2Charles County, MD75355.7$8.7M+5.9%#163 of 2,090
3Kent County, MD7467.1$5.5M+2.3%#197 of 2,090
4St. Mary’s County, MD72266.1$8M+2.4%#240 of 2,090
5Harford County, MD71757.4$6.4M+2.0%#270 of 2,090
6Queen Anne’s County, MD71199.5$5M+8.8%#287 of 2,090
7Calvert County, MD70257.5$7M+1.7%#300 of 2,090
8Montgomery County, MD692225.7$9.2M+1.3%#326 of 2,090
9Howard County, MD67786.4$8.6M+1.9%#385 of 2,090
10Carroll County, MD67528.1$6.1M+2.2%#398 of 2,090
23Allegany County, MD232910.6$3M−1.6%#1,946 of 2,090

Other business types in Allegany County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Allegany County, MD?

There are 29 pizza places on map listings in Allegany County as of September 2026. 20 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 12.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

How much do households in Allegany County, MD spend on food away from home?

About $88.4M a year, or $3,230 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,382 households in Allegany County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allegany County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Allegany County has 10.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Allegany County would have about 17, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 480 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Allegany County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Allegany County at 66,848 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 27,382 households. The median household income in Allegany County is $59,603 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Allegany County scores 23 for pizza places (low), #1,946 of 2,090 scored counties.

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