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Pizza places in Baltimore city, MD
The pizza places in Baltimore city, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,786 of 2,090 scored counties
#21 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 227
- 62 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 632
- All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $905M
- On food away from home · $3,540 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 569,997
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Baltimore city is 30 (lower middle), #1,786 of 2,090 scored counties and #21 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Baltimore city spend about $905M a year on food away from home, or $3,540 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 227 pizza places on map listings in Baltimore city as of September 2026. 62 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 632 businesses with payroll in Baltimore city classed as limited-service restaurants, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 405 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, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $4.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Baltimore city. Population estimates show Baltimore city declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Baltimore city 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.
| Measure | Baltimore city | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 405 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,540 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,177 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 702 → 632All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,306
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $149M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 151All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22762 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 178The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $4.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Baltimore city, 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 Baltimore city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 569,997−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 255,668
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 81 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,082
- Median household income
- $62,177+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,312
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 344,611
- Daytime population
- 667,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, MD | 76 | 83 | 7.9 | $6.3M | +11.0% | #157 of 2,090 |
| 2Charles County, MD | 75 | 35 | 5.7 | $8.7M | +5.9% | #163 of 2,090 |
| 3Kent County, MD | 74 | 6 | 7.1 | $5.5M | +2.3% | #197 of 2,090 |
| 4St. Mary’s County, MD | 72 | 26 | 6.1 | $8M | +2.4% | #240 of 2,090 |
| 5Harford County, MD | 71 | 75 | 7.4 | $6.4M | +2.0% | #270 of 2,090 |
| 6Queen Anne’s County, MD | 71 | 19 | 9.5 | $5M | +8.8% | #287 of 2,090 |
| 7Calvert County, MD | 70 | 25 | 7.5 | $7M | +1.7% | #300 of 2,090 |
| 8Montgomery County, MD | 69 | 222 | 5.7 | $9.2M | +1.3% | #326 of 2,090 |
| 9Howard County, MD | 67 | 78 | 6.4 | $8.6M | +1.9% | #385 of 2,090 |
| 10Carroll County, MD | 67 | 52 | 8.1 | $6.1M | +2.2% | #398 of 2,090 |
| 21Baltimore city, MD | 30 | 227 | 8.9 | $4M | −2.3% | #1,786 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Baltimore city, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 227 pizza places in Baltimore city. 62 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 632 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 10.0% 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 151 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Baltimore city, MD spend on food away from home?
About $905M a year, or $3,540 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 227 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 255,668 households in Baltimore city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore city, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Baltimore city has 8.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Baltimore city would have about 178, against 227 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 405 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore city, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore city at 569,997 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 255,668 households. Median household income in Baltimore city is $62,177, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Baltimore city scores 30 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,786 of 2,090 scored counties.
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