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Pizza places in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #261 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 434
- 125 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 947
- All limited-service restaurants · −0.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.9B
- On food away from home · $3,782 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,155,653
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area spend about $1.9B a year on food away from home, or $3,782 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 434 pizza places on map listings in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 125 are chain locations, or 29%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.7 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 947 businesses with payroll in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, down 0.1% from 2019. That is one for every 530 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. Another 131 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 49 SBA-backed loans worth $11.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #261 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 530 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.1% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,782 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,237 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 947All limited-service restaurants · −0.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 16,594
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $358.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 131All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 434125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 373The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 49
- Amount
- $11.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,155,653−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 501,549
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 742
- Median household income
- $72,237+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,175
- Median home value
- $226,100
- Jobs located here
- 547,190
- Daytime population
- 1,174,035Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 52 | 37 | 8.6 | $4.6M | −1.4% | #178 of 387 |
| 2Binghamton, NY | 50 | 70 | 6.8 | $5.2M | −1.3% | #190 of 387 |
| 3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 50 | 373 | 9.7 | $4.3M | +1.9% | #198 of 387 |
| 4New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 47 | 6,494 | 8.8 | $5.2M | +0.6% | #220 of 387 |
| 5Elmira, NY | 44 | 25 | 7.1 | $4.9M | −3.9% | #238 of 387 |
| 6Kingston, NY | 44 | 70 | 9.4 | $4.4M | +1.1% | #241 of 387 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 43 | 261 | 9.6 | $4M | −1.3% | #251 of 387 |
| 8Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 41 | 434 | 8.7 | $4.4M | −0.8% | #261 of 387 |
| 9Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 41 | 293 | 11.5 | $3.9M | +3.0% | #264 of 387 |
| 10Rochester, NY | 39 | 434 | 9.7 | $4M | −0.7% | #276 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 434 pizza places in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area. 125 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 947 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.1% 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 list 131 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.9B a year, or $3,782 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 434 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 501,549 households in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area has 8.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area would have about 373, against 434 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 530 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area at 1,155,653 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 501,549 households. Median household income in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area is $72,237, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga metro area scores 41 for pizza places (lower middle), #261 of 387 scored metro areas.
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