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Pizza places in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #106 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland

Listings
98
55 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
205
All limited-service restaurants · −1.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$452.6M
On food away from home · $3,829 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.3
4% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
315,280
+7.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 98 pizza places in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area. Of those, 55 are chain locations, or 56%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,829 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area spend about $452.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.6M per pizza place, 9% 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 205 businesses with payroll in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, down 1.4% from 2019. That is one for every 576 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. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #106 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.

How the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area 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 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureHagerstown-Martinsburg metro areaMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.37.48.0
Spending per listing$4.6M$6.2M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)576431478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−1.4%−0.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,829$4,604$4,070
Median household income$78,802$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6258

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
205All limited-service restaurants · −1.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,287
Annual payroll, 2023
$78.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
27All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9855 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area, 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 the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
315,280+7.1% since 2020
Households
118,181
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,008 sq. mi.
People per square mile
300
Median household income
$78,802+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,922
Median home value
$278,100
Jobs located here
107,689
Daytime population
269,788Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for pizza places, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Maryland

Metro areas in Maryland ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lexington Park, MD72516.7$7.5M+2.1%#48 of 387
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV691,5816.7$7.7M+3.3%#61 of 387
2Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV62988.3$4.6M+7.1%#106 of 387
3Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD518897.9$5.7M+0.4%#185 of 387
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD452,55710.4$4.2M+1.4%#234 of 387
4Salisbury, MD40428.6$4.3M+2.9%#269 of 387

Other business types in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 98 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 55 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 205 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area spend on food away from home?

About $452.6M a year, or $3,829 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 118,181 households in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area has 8.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 4% 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 national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area would have about 89, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 576 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area at 315,280 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 118,181 households. The median household income in the Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area is $78,802 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. The Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area scores 62 for pizza places (upper middle), #106 of 387 scored metro areas.

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