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Pizza places in Schenectady County, NY
How Schenectady 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #805 of 2,090 scored counties
#15 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 67
- 17 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 123
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $266M
- On food away from home · $3,977 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,581
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 67 pizza places in Schenectady County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 25%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 10.0 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Households in Schenectady County spend about $266M a year on food away from home, or $3,977 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 pizza places, that is $4M per pizza place, 22% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Schenectady County was 123 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 544 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. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $150K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Schenectady County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Schenectady County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Schenectady County is 56 (upper middle), #805 of 2,090 scored counties and #15 of 58 scored counties in New York.
How Schenectady 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 | Schenectady County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 544 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,977 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,623 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123 → 123All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,696
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6717 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 52The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $150K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Schenectady 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 Schenectady County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,581+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 66,902
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 205 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 784
- Median household income
- $79,623+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,936
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 59,344
- Daytime population
- 143,291Residents 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 |
| 15Schenectady County, NY | 56 | 67 | 10.0 | $4M | +3.0% | #805 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Schenectady County, NY?
Schenectady County has 67 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 17 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 123 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Schenectady County, NY spend on food away from home?
About $266M a year, or $3,977 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 66,902 households in Schenectady County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schenectady County, NY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Schenectady County has 10.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Schenectady County would have about 52, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 544 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Schenectady County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Schenectady County at 162,581 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,902 households. The median household income in Schenectady County is $79,623 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Schenectady County scores 56 for pizza places (upper middle), #805 of 2,090 scored counties.
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