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Pizza places in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area
The pizza places in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #145 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 2,011
- 538 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 3,920
- All limited-service restaurants · −2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $9.6B
- On food away from home · $4,945 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 5,034,221
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,945 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area spend about $9.6B a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.8M per pizza place, 6% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has 2,011 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 538 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area was 3,920 in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 495 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 700 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 202 SBA-backed loans worth $72.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #145 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 495 | 522 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.6% | −1.3% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,945 | $4,685 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $115,863 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3,920All limited-service restaurants · −2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 51,825
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 700All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,011538 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,889The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 202
- Amount
- $72.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 5,034,221+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,940,688
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 3,486 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,421
- Median household income
- $115,863+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $159,721
- Median home value
- $646,300
- Jobs located here
- 2,811,395
- Daytime population
- 5,216,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | 75 | 51 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +10.4% | #33 of 387 |
| 2Worcester, MA | 57 | 379 | 11.3 | $3.9M | +3.7% | #137 of 387 |
| 3Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 56 | 2,011 | 10.4 | $4.8M | +2.3% | #145 of 387 |
| 4Barnstable Town, MA | 49 | 117 | 11.1 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #207 of 387 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 47 | 699 | 10.3 | $4M | +2.1% | #222 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, MA | 47 | 174 | 9.4 | $4M | +0.2% | #223 of 387 |
| 6Pittsfield, MA | 40 | 66 | 11.5 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #272 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,011 pizza places in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area. 538 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 3,920 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 2.6% 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 700 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area spend on food away from home?
About $9.6B a year, or $4,945 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,011 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 1,940,688 households in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.8M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area would have about 1,889, against 2,011 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 495 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area at 5,034,221 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,940,688 households. Median household income in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area is $115,863, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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 Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area scores 56 for pizza places (upper middle), #145 of 387 scored metro areas.
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