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Pizza places in Monmouth County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Monmouth County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,016 of 2,090 scored counties
#17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 290
- 66 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 644
- All limited-service restaurants · +11.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On food away from home · $5,147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 651,035
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Monmouth County spend about $1.3B a year on food away from home, or $5,147 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 290 pizza places, that is $4.5M per pizza place, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 290 pizza places on map listings in Monmouth County as of September 2026. Of those, 66 are chain locations, or 23%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.5, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 644 businesses with payroll in Monmouth County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 391 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 131 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $13.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Monmouth County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monmouth County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Monmouth County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,016 of 2,090 scored counties and #17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Monmouth County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Monmouth County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 391 | 457 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.8% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,147 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $124,845 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 576 → 644All limited-service restaurants · +11.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,955
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $176.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 131All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 29066 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 255The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $13.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 651,035+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 251,712
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,378
- Median household income
- $124,845+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,718
- Median home value
- $606,100
- Jobs located here
- 274,570
- Daytime population
- 600,595Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hunterdon County, NJ | 79 | 39 | 7.7 | $7.1M | +2.3% | #99 of 2,090 |
| 2Sussex County, NJ | 79 | 46 | 8.0 | $6.1M | +2.9% | #107 of 2,090 |
| 3Somerset County, NJ | 72 | 100 | 7.6 | $7.2M | +3.5% | #243 of 2,090 |
| 4Essex County, NJ | 69 | 238 | 7.4 | $5.7M | +4.2% | #343 of 2,090 |
| 5Union County, NJ | 67 | 164 | 8.1 | $5.9M | +5.0% | #400 of 2,090 |
| 6Morris County, NJ | 66 | 173 | 9.0 | $6.1M | +3.2% | #438 of 2,090 |
| 7Mercer County, NJ | 64 | 134 | 9.3 | $5M | +3.3% | #513 of 2,090 |
| 8Burlington County, NJ | 64 | 178 | 10.0 | $4.7M | +4.3% | #516 of 2,090 |
| 9Hudson County, NJ | 63 | 250 | 8.3 | $5.4M | +1.8% | #549 of 2,090 |
| 10Warren County, NJ | 62 | 48 | 10.6 | $4.2M | +3.2% | #596 of 2,090 |
| 17Monmouth County, NJ | 50 | 290 | 11.5 | $4.5M | +1.4% | #1,016 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Monmouth County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 290 pizza places in Monmouth County. 66 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 644 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 131 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Monmouth County, NJ spend on food away from home?
About $1.3B a year, or $5,147 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 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 251,712 households in Monmouth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monmouth County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Monmouth County has 11.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.5M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Monmouth County would have about 255, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 391 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Monmouth County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Monmouth County at 651,035 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 251,712 households. Median household income in Monmouth County is $124,845, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Monmouth County scores 50 for pizza places (upper middle), #1,016 of 2,090 scored counties.
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