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Pizza places in St. Mary’s County, MD
The pizza places in St. Mary’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #240 of 2,090 scored counties
#4 of 23 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 26
- 18 chain locations (69%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- All limited-service restaurants · +6.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $209.1M
- On food away from home · $4,927 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- 58% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,692
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,927 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in St. Mary’s County spend about $209.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 26 pizza places, that is $8M per pizza place, 58% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 26 pizza places on map listings in St. Mary’s County as of September 2026. Of those, 18 are chain locations, or 69%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary’s County in 2023, up 6.0% from 2019. That is one for every 477 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 list 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $335K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary’s County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Mary’s County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Mary’s County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #240 of 2,090 scored counties and #4 of 23 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How St. Mary’s 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 | St. Mary’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $6.2M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 477 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.0% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,927 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $119,446 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 89All limited-service restaurants · +6.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,800
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $36.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2618 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $335K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary’s 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 St. Mary’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,692+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 42,436
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 321
- Median household income
- $119,446+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $142,976
- Median home value
- $407,600
- Jobs located here
- 35,732
- Daytime population
- 104,060Residents 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 St. Mary’s County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 26 pizza places in St. Mary’s County. 18 of them (69%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.0% 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 also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Mary’s County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $209.1M a year, or $4,927 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $8M 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 42,436 households in St. Mary’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
St. Mary’s County has 6.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $8M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, St. Mary’s County would have about 41, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 477 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary’s County at 116,692 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,436 households. Median household income in St. Mary’s County is $119,446, 48% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. St. Mary’s County scores 72 for pizza places (upper middle), #240 of 2,090 scored counties.
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