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Pizza places in the Pittsfield, MA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Pittsfield, MA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 66
- 24 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 96
- All limited-service restaurants · −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $226M
- On food away from home · $3,925 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,224
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 66 pizza places in the Pittsfield metro area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,925 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Pittsfield metro area spend about $226M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.4M per pizza place, 33% 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.
Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pittsfield metro area in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 600 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. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $153K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pittsfield metro area.
Population estimates show the Pittsfield metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For pizza places, the Pittsfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #272 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts.
How the Pittsfield 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 | Pittsfield metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 600 | 522 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | −1.3% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,925 | $4,685 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,013 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96All limited-service restaurants · −14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 885
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6624 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $153K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pittsfield 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 Pittsfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,224−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 57,585
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 927 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $76,013+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,456
- Median home value
- $305,400
- Jobs located here
- 55,400
- Daytime population
- 126,538Residents 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 Pittsfield, MA metro area?
The Pittsfield metro area has 66 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 24 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 96 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Pittsfield, MA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $226M a year, or $3,925 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 66 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,585 households in the Pittsfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pittsfield, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Pittsfield metro area has 11.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.4M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Pittsfield metro area would have about 45, against 66 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 600 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pittsfield, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pittsfield metro area at 128,224 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,585 households. The median household income in the Pittsfield metro area is $76,013 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.3% 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 Pittsfield metro area scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas.
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