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Pizza places in Dorchester County, MD
How Dorchester 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #640 of 2,090 scored counties
#14 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On food away from home · $3,474 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 17% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,628
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Dorchester County comes to about $47.1M a year: $3,474 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.2M per pizza place, 3% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 9 pizza places on map listings in Dorchester County as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Dorchester County classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 589 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $170K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dorchester County.
Population estimates show Dorchester County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Dorchester County is 60 (upper middle), #640 of 2,090 scored counties and #14 of 23 scored counties in Maryland.
How Dorchester 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 | Dorchester County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 589 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,474 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,839 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 23All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 370
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 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
- 1
- Amount
- $170K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dorchester 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 Dorchester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,628+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 13,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 541 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $61,839+16.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,771
- Median home value
- $262,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,352
- Daytime population
- 29,247Residents 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 |
| 14Dorchester County, MD | 60 | 9 | 6.6 | $5.2M | +3.4% | #640 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Dorchester County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 pizza places in Dorchester County. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 23 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Dorchester County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $47.1M a year, or $3,474 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 13,546 households in Dorchester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dorchester County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Dorchester County has 6.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.2M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 589 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 Dorchester County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Dorchester County at 33,628 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,546 households. Median household income in Dorchester County is $61,839, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.9%, 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. Dorchester County scores 60 for pizza places (upper middle), #640 of 2,090 scored counties.
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