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Pizza places in Anne Arundel County, MD

How Anne Arundel 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #532 of 2,090 scored counties
#12 of 23 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
169
110 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
571
All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On food away from home · $5,075 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
33% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
603,380
+1.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 169 pizza places in Anne Arundel County. Of those, 110 are chain locations, or 65%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Anne Arundel County comes to about $1.1B a year: $5,075 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. Spread across 169 pizza places, that is $6.7M per pizza place, 33% above 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 571 businesses with payroll in Anne Arundel County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 2.9% from 2019. That is one for every 394 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. Official counts also show 125 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $7.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Anne Arundel County.

Population estimates put the population change in Anne Arundel County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Anne Arundel County is 63 (upper middle), #532 of 2,090 scored counties and #12 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.

How Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureAnne Arundel CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.48.0
Spending per listing$6.7M$6.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)394431478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.9%−0.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$5,075$4,604$4,070
Median household income$124,911$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6358

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
555 → 571All limited-service restaurants · +2.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
10,737
Annual payroll, 2023
$235.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
125All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
169110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
225The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
16
Amount
$7.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County

Population, 2025 estimate
603,380+1.7% since 2020
Households
224,748
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
415 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,442
Median household income
$124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$156,835
Median home value
$467,900
Jobs located here
269,614
Daytime population
605,412Residents 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 Anne Arundel 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
12Anne Arundel County, MD631697.5$6.7M+1.7%#532 of 2,090

Other business types in Anne Arundel County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Anne Arundel County, MD?

Anne Arundel County has 169 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 110 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 571 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 125 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $1.1B a year, or $5,075 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 169 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Anne Arundel County has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.7M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 225, against 169 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 394 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 63 for pizza places (upper middle), #532 of 2,090 scored counties.

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