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Pizza places in Cecil County, MD
The pizza places in Cecil County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #461 of 2,090 scored counties
#11 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 37
- 15 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 68
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $170.6M
- On food away from home · $4,202 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,131
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Cecil County comes to about $170.6M a year: $4,202 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per pizza place, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 37 pizza places on map listings in Cecil County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Cecil County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 597 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. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $803K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cecil County.
Population estimates show Cecil County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Cecil County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #461 of 2,090 scored counties and #11 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cecil 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 | Cecil County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 597 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,202 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,007 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 68 → 68All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,498
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3715 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $803K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Cecil 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 Cecil County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,131+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,595
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 303
- Median household income
- $92,007+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,022
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 32,838
- Daytime population
- 90,110Residents 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 |
| 11Cecil County, MD | 66 | 37 | 9.1 | $4.6M | +3.2% | #461 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Cecil County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Cecil County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 pizza places in Cecil County. 15 of them (41%) 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. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 20 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cecil County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $170.6M a year, or $4,202 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 40,595 households in Cecil County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cecil County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Cecil County has 9.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.6M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Cecil County would have about 34, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 597 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 Cecil County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Cecil County at 107,131 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,595 households. Median household income in Cecil County is $92,007, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Cecil County scores 66 for pizza places (upper middle), #461 of 2,090 scored counties.
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