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Pizza places in Baltimore County, MD
How Baltimore 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,008 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 269
- 129 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 822
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On food away from home · $4,305 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 847,650
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 269 pizza places in Baltimore County. 129 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.1 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,305 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Baltimore County spend about $1.4B a year on food away from home. That works out to $5.3M per pizza place, 5% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Baltimore County was 822 in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 405 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 279 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $7.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Baltimore County.
Population estimates put the population change in Baltimore County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Baltimore County is 50 (upper middle), #1,008 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Baltimore 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.
| Measure | Baltimore County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 405 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.0% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,305 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,768 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 798 → 822All limited-service restaurants · +3.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 13,157
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $282.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 279All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 269129 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 282The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $7.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Baltimore 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 Baltimore County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 847,650−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 332,801
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,422
- Median household income
- $91,768+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $122,863
- Median home value
- $349,300
- Jobs located here
- 385,518
- Daytime population
- 833,745Residents 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 |
| 17Baltimore County, MD | 50 | 269 | 8.1 | $5.3M | −0.7% | #1,008 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Baltimore County, MD?
There are 269 pizza places on map listings in Baltimore County as of September 2026. 129 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 822 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 279 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Baltimore County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $1.4B a year, or $4,305 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 269 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 332,801 households in Baltimore County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Baltimore County has 8.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Baltimore County would have about 282, against 269 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 rose 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore County at 847,650 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 332,801 households. The median household income in Baltimore County is $91,768 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% 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. Baltimore County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,008 of 2,090 scored counties.
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