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Pizza places in Garrett County, MD

How Garrett 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,909 of 2,090 scored counties
#22 of 23 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
15
7 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
30
All limited-service restaurants · −3.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$45.6M
On food away from home · $3,623 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.9
49% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
28,370
−1.5% 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

For pizza places, Garrett County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,909 of 2,090 scored counties and #22 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 pizza places in Garrett County. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.9, 49% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Garrett County spend about $45.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,623 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 pizza places, that is $3M per pizza place, 40% below 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 30 businesses with payroll in Garrett County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 419 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Garrett County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Garrett County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Garrett 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 Garrett County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureGarrett CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.97.48.0
Spending per listing$3M$6.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)419431478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.2%−0.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,623$4,604$4,070
Median household income$67,688$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score2558

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
31 → 30All limited-service restaurants · −3.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
454
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
157 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
$25K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
28,370−1.5% since 2020
Households
12,578
Median age
47.3
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
649 sq. mi.
People per square mile
44
Median household income
$67,688+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,358
Median home value
$235,300
Jobs located here
11,219
Daytime population
28,374Residents 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 Garrett 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
22Garrett County, MD251511.9$3M−1.5%#1,909 of 2,090

Other business types in Garrett County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Garrett County, MD?

There are 15 pizza places on map listings in Garrett County as of September 2026. 7 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $45.6M a year, or $3,623 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,578 households in Garrett County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Garrett County has 11.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 49% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Garrett County would have about 9, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 419 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Garrett County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Garrett County at 28,370 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,578 households. The median household income in Garrett County is $67,688 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Garrett County scores 25 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,909 of 2,090 scored counties.

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