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Pizza places in Erie County, NY
How Erie County, NY compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,107 of 2,090 scored counties
#31 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 353
- 105 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 799
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $3,811 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Erie County spend about $1.6B a year on food away from home, or $3,811 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per pizza place, 13% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Erie County has 353 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 8.6 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 799 businesses with payroll in Erie County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 1.0% from 2019. That is one for every 513 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 108 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 43 SBA-backed loans worth $10.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Erie County.
Population estimates show Erie County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Erie County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,107 of 2,090 scored counties and #31 of 58 scored counties in New York.
How Erie County 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 513 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.0% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,811 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 791 → 799All limited-service restaurants · +1.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,331
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $310.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 108All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 353105 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 307The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 43
- Amount
- $10.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 71 | 89 | 8.7 | $5.2M | +2.3% | #284 of 2,090 |
| 2Orleans County, NY | 68 | 8 | 4.9 | $7M | −0.5% | #361 of 2,090 |
| 3Lewis County, NY | 67 | 6 | 5.4 | $6.4M | −0.3% | #395 of 2,090 |
| 4Tioga County, NY | 65 | 14 | 6.9 | $5.4M | −1.9% | #479 of 2,090 |
| 5Westchester County, NY | 64 | 312 | 8.4 | $6.1M | +1.4% | #503 of 2,090 |
| 6Seneca County, NY | 61 | 7 | 5.1 | $6.9M | −1.7% | #603 of 2,090 |
| 7St. Lawrence County, NY | 59 | 21 | 5.0 | $6.8M | −2.5% | #670 of 2,090 |
| 8Putnam County, NY | 59 | 34 | 9.6 | $5.3M | +1.4% | #682 of 2,090 |
| 9Nassau County, NY | 58 | 403 | 8.8 | $6.3M | +0.6% | #704 of 2,090 |
| 10Rockland County, NY | 58 | 104 | 10.0 | $4.8M | +5.9% | #723 of 2,090 |
| 31Erie County, NY | 48 | 353 | 8.6 | $4.4M | −0.6% | #1,107 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Erie 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 Erie County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 353 pizza places in Erie County. 105 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 799 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.0% 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 108 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $3,811 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 353 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Erie County has 8.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Erie County would have about 307, against 353 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 48 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,107 of 2,090 scored counties.
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