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Pizza places in Suffolk County, NY
The pizza places in Suffolk County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #942 of 2,090 scored counties
#22 of 58 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 536
- 140 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 1,486
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.6B
- On food away from home · $5,231 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,546,090
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 536 pizza places in Suffolk County. Of those, 140 are chain locations, or 26%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Suffolk County comes to about $2.6B a year: $5,231 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.8M per pizza place, 5% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,486 businesses with payroll in Suffolk County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 5.0% from 2019. That is one for every 333 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. Official counts list 204 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 47 SBA-backed loans worth $23.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Suffolk County.
Population estimates put the population change in Suffolk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Suffolk County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #942 of 2,090 scored counties and #22 of 58 scored counties in New York.
How Suffolk 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 | Suffolk County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 333 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.0% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,231 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $130,686 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,415 → 1,486All limited-service restaurants · +5.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 17,568
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $420.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 204All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 536140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 509The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 47
- Amount
- $23.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,546,090+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 494,405
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 898 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,620
- Median household income
- $130,686+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $167,491
- Median home value
- $578,400
- Jobs located here
- 624,016
- Daytime population
- 1,340,805Residents 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 |
| 22Suffolk County, NY | 52 | 536 | 10.8 | $4.8M | +1.6% | #942 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Suffolk County, NY?
There are 536 pizza places on map listings in Suffolk County as of September 2026. 140 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 1,486 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 204 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Suffolk County, NY spend on food away from home?
About $2.6B a year, or $5,231 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 536 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.8M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 494,405 households in Suffolk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Suffolk County, NY compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Suffolk County has 10.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.8M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Suffolk County would have about 509, against 536 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 333 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Suffolk County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Suffolk County at 1,546,090 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 494,405 households. The median household income in Suffolk County is $130,686 a year, 62% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.4% 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. Suffolk County scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #942 of 2,090 scored counties.
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