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Pizza places in Carroll County, MD
The pizza places in Carroll County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #398 of 2,090 scored counties
#10 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 52
- 32 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 131
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $315.7M
- On food away from home · $4,910 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 176,677
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Carroll County spend about $315.7M a year on food away from home, or $4,910 per household, 21% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per pizza place, 19% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Carroll County has 52 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 32 are chain locations, or 62%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 491 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. Official counts also show 24 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County.
Population estimates show Carroll County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 67 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #398 of 2,090 scored counties and #10 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 491 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,910 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $118,211 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 127 → 131All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,476
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5232 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 176,677+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 64,285
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 448 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 392
- Median household income
- $118,211+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,587
- Median home value
- $434,000
- Jobs located here
- 57,897
- Daytime population
- 147,678Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Carroll County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 pizza places in Carroll County. 32 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Carroll County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $315.7M a year, or $4,910 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 64,285 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Carroll 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 $6.1M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Carroll County would have about 62, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 491 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 176,677 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,285 households. Median household income in Carroll County is $118,211, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.2%, 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. Carroll County scores 67 for pizza places (upper middle), #398 of 2,090 scored counties.
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