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Pizza places in Suffolk County, MA
How Suffolk County, MA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,070 of 2,090 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 324
- 71 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 763
- All limited-service restaurants · −6.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On food away from home · $4,495 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 791,891
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Suffolk County spend about $1.5B a year on food away from home, or $4,495 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 324 pizza places, that is $4.5M per pizza place, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Suffolk County has 324 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 763 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Suffolk County in 2023, down 6.8% from 2019. That is one for every 429 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 141 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 32 SBA-backed loans worth $14.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Suffolk County.
Population estimates show Suffolk County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Suffolk County is 49 (lower middle), #1,070 of 2,090 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts.
How Suffolk 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 | Suffolk County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 10.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 429 | 522 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −6.8% | −1.3% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,495 | $4,685 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,631 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 819 → 763All limited-service restaurants · −6.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 10,153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $292.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 141All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32471 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 289The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 32
- Amount
- $14.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 791,891+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 327,167
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 36%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.0
- Land area
- 58 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13,478
- Median household income
- $95,631+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $139,221
- Median home value
- $705,800
- Jobs located here
- 748,596
- Daytime population
- 1,129,553Residents 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 |
| 12Suffolk County, MA | 49 | 324 | 9.9 | $4.5M | +0.1% | #1,070 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Suffolk County, MA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 324 pizza places in Suffolk County. 71 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 763 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 6.8% 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 141 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Suffolk County, MA spend on food away from home?
About $1.5B a year, or $4,495 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 324 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 327,167 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk County, MA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Suffolk County has 9.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 289, against 324 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 429 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 6.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk County at 791,891 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,167 households. Median household income in Suffolk County is $95,631, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.3%, 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. Suffolk County scores 49 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,070 of 2,090 scored counties.
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