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Pizza places in Plymouth County, MA
The pizza places in Plymouth County, MA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #353 of 2,090 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 199
- 55 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 357
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $991.1M
- On food away from home · $4,879 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 546,829
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Plymouth County spend about $991.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,879 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5M per pizza place, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 199 pizza places on map listings in Plymouth County as of September 2026. 55 of them (28%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.8 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 357 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Plymouth County in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 569 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. Another 54 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 22 SBA-backed loans worth $12.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Plymouth County.
Population estimates show Plymouth County grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Plymouth County is 69 (upper middle), #353 of 2,090 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Plymouth County 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 | Plymouth County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 569 | 522 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | −1.3% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,879 | $4,685 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $114,201 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 340 → 357All limited-service restaurants · +5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,450
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $127.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 54All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19955 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 195The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 22
- Amount
- $12.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Plymouth 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 Plymouth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 546,829+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 203,141
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 659 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 813
- Median household income
- $114,201+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $151,137
- Median home value
- $556,000
- Jobs located here
- 195,609
- Daytime population
- 454,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hampshire County, MA | 74 | 51 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +10.4% | #203 of 2,090 |
| 2Plymouth County, MA | 69 | 199 | 9.8 | $5M | +3.5% | #353 of 2,090 |
| 3Middlesex County, MA | 66 | 651 | 10.3 | $5.1M | +2.8% | #455 of 2,090 |
| 4Norfolk County, MA | 64 | 299 | 10.6 | $5M | +2.2% | #512 of 2,090 |
| 5Franklin County, MA | 62 | 26 | 8.2 | $4.6M | −0.3% | #591 of 2,090 |
| 6Worcester County, MA | 60 | 379 | 11.3 | $3.9M | +3.7% | #663 of 2,090 |
| 7Bristol County, MA | 59 | 236 | 10.1 | $4.1M | +2.9% | #693 of 2,090 |
| 8Essex County, MA | 57 | 340 | 10.9 | $4.3M | +2.3% | #757 of 2,090 |
| 9Barnstable County, MA | 55 | 117 | 11.1 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #839 of 2,090 |
| 10Hampden County, MA | 53 | 174 | 9.4 | $4M | +0.2% | #914 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Plymouth County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 199 pizza places in Plymouth County. 55 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 357 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.0% 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 list 54 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Plymouth County, MA spend on food away from home?
About $991.1M a year, or $4,879 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 199 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 203,141 households in Plymouth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Plymouth County, MA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Plymouth County has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Plymouth County would have about 195, against 199 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 569 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Plymouth County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Plymouth County at 546,829 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,141 households. Median household income in Plymouth County is $114,201, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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. Plymouth County scores 69 for pizza places (upper middle), #353 of 2,090 scored counties.
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