Food and drink · Metro area · Michigan
Pizza places in the Monroe, MI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Monroe, MI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #200 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 62
- 32 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 103
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $249.1M
- On food away from home · $3,953 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.8
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,004
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Monroe metro area comes to about $249.1M a year: $3,953 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 62 pizza places on map listings in the Monroe metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (52%) 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Monroe metro area was 103 in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 612 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 also show 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Monroe metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Monroe metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, the Monroe metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #200 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Monroe metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Monroe metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.8 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 612 | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,953 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,335 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 103All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,130
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6232 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Monroe 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 Monroe metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,004+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 63,029
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 549 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 283
- Median household income
- $77,335+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,107
- Median home value
- $228,900
- Jobs located here
- 38,727
- Daytime population
- 128,192Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for pizza places, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Monroe metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, MI | 65 | 22 | 6.3 | $6.4M | +0.3% | #90 of 387 |
| 2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 59 | 373 | 8.5 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #118 of 387 |
| 3Jackson, MI | 53 | 46 | 7.4 | $5M | −0.4% | #167 of 387 |
| 4Traverse City, MI | 52 | 63 | 9.6 | $4.2M | +2.2% | #179 of 387 |
| 5Bay City, MI | 50 | 29 | 6.4 | $5.4M | −1.6% | #189 of 387 |
| 6Ann Arbor, MI | 50 | 137 | 9.1 | $4.9M | −0.4% | #193 of 387 |
| 7Monroe, MI | 50 | 62 | 9.8 | $4M | +0.7% | #200 of 387 |
| 8Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 46 | 91 | 8.5 | $4.6M | +0.8% | #228 of 387 |
| 9Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 44 | 154 | 7.9 | $4.8M | +1.4% | #239 of 387 |
| 10Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 43 | 1,485 | 8.4 | $4.8M | +0.1% | #249 of 387 |
Other business types in the Monroe metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Monroe, MI metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 62 pizza places in the Monroe metro area. 32 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Monroe, MI metro area spend on food away from home?
About $249.1M a year, or $3,953 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 63,029 households in the Monroe metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Monroe, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Monroe metro area has 9.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Monroe metro area would have about 49, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 612 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Monroe, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Monroe metro area at 156,004 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,029 households. Median household income in the Monroe metro area is $77,335, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.3%, 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 Monroe metro area scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #200 of 387 scored metro areas.
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