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Pizza places in Sussex County, NJ
The pizza places in Sussex County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 79 out of 100: High
Ranked #107 of 2,090 scored counties
#2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 46
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 89
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $282.2M
- On food away from home · $4,886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.1M
- 21% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 148,063
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Sussex County is 79 (high), #107 of 2,090 scored counties and #2 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 pizza places in Sussex County. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,886 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Sussex County spend about $282.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 46 pizza places, that is $6.1M per pizza place, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Sussex County in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 649 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sussex County. Population estimates show Sussex County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Sussex 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 | Sussex County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 9.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.1M | $4.7M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 649 | 457 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.6% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,886 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $116,186 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 79 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 89All limited-service restaurants · +15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 774
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 468 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Sussex 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 Sussex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 148,063+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 57,767
- Median age
- 44.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 281
- Median household income
- $116,186+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $144,531
- Median home value
- $369,400
- Jobs located here
- 36,880
- Daytime population
- 105,437Residents 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 |
Other business types in Sussex County
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 Sussex County, NJ?
Sussex County has 46 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 89 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Sussex County, NJ spend on food away from home?
About $282.2M a year, or $4,886 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,767 households in Sussex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sussex County, NJ compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Sussex County has 8.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.1M, 21% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Sussex County would have about 56, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 649 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Sussex County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Sussex County at 148,063 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 57,767 households. The median household income in Sussex County is $116,186 a year, 44% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Sussex County scores 79 for pizza places (high), #107 of 2,090 scored counties.
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