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Pizza places in the Glens Falls, NY metro area
How the Glens Falls, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #295 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 59
- 22 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 95
- All limited-service restaurants · −5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $207.9M
- On food away from home · $3,808 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 31% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 124,373
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Glens Falls metro area is 37 (lower middle), #295 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 pizza places in the Glens Falls metro area. 22 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 10.8 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,808 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Glens Falls metro area spend about $207.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.5M per pizza place, 31% below 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 95 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Glens Falls metro area in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 575 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 $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Glens Falls metro area. Population estimates show the Glens Falls metro area declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Glens Falls 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 | Glens Falls metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 575 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.9% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,808 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,836 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 95All limited-service restaurants · −5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,219
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5922 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Glens Falls 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 Glens Falls metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 124,373−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 54,602
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $75,836+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,103
- Median home value
- $232,500
- Jobs located here
- 49,038
- Daytime population
- 117,382Residents 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 |
| 11Glens Falls, NY | 37 | 59 | 10.8 | $3.5M | −1.9% | #295 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Glens Falls, NY metro area?
The Glens Falls metro area has 59 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 22 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 95 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.9% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Glens Falls, NY metro area spend on food away from home?
About $207.9M a year, or $3,808 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 54,602 households in the Glens Falls metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Glens Falls, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Glens Falls metro area has 10.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.5M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Glens Falls metro area would have about 41, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 575 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Glens Falls, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Glens Falls metro area at 124,373 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 54,602 households. The median household income in the Glens Falls metro area is $75,836 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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. The Glens Falls metro area scores 37 for pizza places (lower middle), #295 of 387 scored metro areas.
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