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Pizza places in Calvert County, MD

How Calvert 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #300 of 2,090 scored counties
#7 of 23 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
25
24 chain locations (96%)
Official establishments
68
All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$175.7M
On food away from home · $5,250 a household
Spending per listing
$7M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
94,484
+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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 pizza places in Calvert County. Of those, 24 are chain locations, or 96%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Calvert County spend about $175.7M a year on food away from home, or $5,250 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. Spread across 25 pizza places, that is $7M per pizza place, 38% 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 Calvert County was 68 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 492 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. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Calvert County.

Population estimates show Calvert County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Calvert County has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #300 of 2,090 scored counties and #7 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Calvert 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 Calvert County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureCalvert CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.57.48.0
Spending per listing$7M$6.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)492431478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%−0.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$5,250$4,604$4,070
Median household income$133,922$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score7058

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
68 → 68All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,462
Annual payroll, 2023
$28.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2524 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
94,484+1.7% since 2020
Households
33,465
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
213 sq. mi.
People per square mile
442
Median household income
$133,922+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$158,598
Median home value
$460,200
Jobs located here
21,372
Daytime population
79,245Residents 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 Calvert 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

Other business types in Calvert County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Calvert County, MD?

There are 25 pizza places on map listings in Calvert County as of September 2026. 24 of them (96%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $175.7M a year, or $5,250 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 33,465 households in Calvert County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Calvert County has 7.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $7M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Calvert County would have about 35, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 492 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Calvert County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Calvert County at 94,484 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,465 households. The median household income in Calvert County is $133,922 a year, 66% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.5% 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. Calvert County scores 70 for pizza places (upper middle), #300 of 2,090 scored counties.

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