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Pizza places in Ocean County, NJ
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Ocean County, NJ, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #767 of 2,090 scored counties
#14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 268
- 53 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 485
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On food away from home · $4,280 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 673,746
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Ocean County comes to about $1B a year: $4,280 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 23% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 268 pizza places on map listings in Ocean County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 11.0 for every 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 485 businesses with payroll in Ocean County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 503 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 92 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $10.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ocean County.
Population estimates show Ocean County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Ocean County is 57 (upper middle), #767 of 2,090 scored counties and #14 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Ocean 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 | Ocean County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 503 | 457 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.9% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,280 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $89,863 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 458 → 485All limited-service restaurants · +5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,416
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $153.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 92All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 26853 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 205The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $10.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ocean 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 Ocean County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 673,746+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 243,843
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 628 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,042
- Median household income
- $89,863+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,774
- Median home value
- $398,400
- Jobs located here
- 183,196
- Daytime population
- 568,313Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Jersey market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for pizza places, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Ocean County marked.
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 |
| 14Ocean County, NJ | 57 | 268 | 11.0 | $3.9M | +5.6% | #767 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Ocean County, NJ?
As of September 2026, map listings count 268 pizza places in Ocean County. 53 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 485 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 92 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Ocean County, NJ spend on food away from home?
About $1B a year, or $4,280 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 268 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 243,843 households in Ocean County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ocean County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Ocean County has 11.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.9M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Ocean County would have about 205, against 268 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 503 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ocean County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Ocean County at 673,746 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 243,843 households. Median household income in Ocean County is $89,863, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.7%, 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. Ocean County scores 57 for pizza places (upper middle), #767 of 2,090 scored counties.
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