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Pizza places in Caroline County, MD
How Caroline 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #962 of 2,090 scored counties
#16 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $44.3M
- On food away from home · $3,549 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,116
- +2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Caroline County spend about $44.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,549 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 pizza places, that is $3.4M per pizza place, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 13 pizza places on map listings in Caroline County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 54%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Caroline County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 735 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $565K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Caroline County.
Population estimates show Caroline County grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Caroline County is 52 (upper middle), #962 of 2,090 scored counties and #16 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Caroline 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 | Caroline County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 735 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,549 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,457 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 17All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $565K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Caroline 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 Caroline County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,116+2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,495
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $68,457+16.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,383
- Median home value
- $290,100
- Jobs located here
- 8,855
- Daytime population
- 25,447Residents 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 |
| 16Caroline County, MD | 52 | 13 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +2.5% | #962 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Caroline County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 pizza places in Caroline County. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in Caroline County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $44.3M a year, or $3,549 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 12,495 households in Caroline County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Caroline County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Caroline County has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Caroline County would have about 9, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 735 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Caroline County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Caroline County at 34,116 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,495 households. Median household income in Caroline County is $68,457, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.8%, 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. Caroline County scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #962 of 2,090 scored counties.
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