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Pizza places in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #45 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 739
- 519 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 2,134
- All limited-service restaurants · +6.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.4B
- On food away from home · $4,108 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,938,830
- +10.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 739 pizza places in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.9, 14% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $4,108 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area spend about $4.4B a year on food away from home. That works out to $6M per pizza place, 18% above 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 2,134 businesses with payroll in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 6.8% from 2019. That is one for every 504 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 also show 416 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 61 SBA-backed loans worth $35.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area grew 10.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area is 73 (upper middle), #45 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 504 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.8% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,108 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,304 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,134All limited-service restaurants · +6.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 46,224
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $883.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 416All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 739519 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 870The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 61
- Amount
- $35.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,938,830+10.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,076,260
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 5,598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 495
- Median household income
- $83,304+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,495
- Median home value
- $356,400
- Jobs located here
- 1,400,944
- Daytime population
- 2,846,416Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 82 | 155 | 6.2 | $6.7M | +7.5% | #11 of 387 |
| 2Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 73 | 739 | 6.9 | $6M | +10.1% | #45 of 387 |
| 3Raleigh-Cary, NC | 73 | 459 | 8.0 | $5.6M | +12.6% | #46 of 387 |
| 4Winston-Salem, NC | 69 | 159 | 5.6 | $6.3M | +5.3% | #66 of 387 |
| 5Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 63 | 38 | 8.6 | $4.6M | +10.3% | #104 of 387 |
| 6Wilmington, NC | 62 | 148 | 7.4 | $5.2M | +15.9% | #105 of 387 |
| 7Rocky Mount, NC | 50 | 39 | 6.7 | $5M | +2.8% | #192 of 387 |
| 8Burlington, NC | 49 | 50 | 7.1 | $4.9M | +8.5% | #204 of 387 |
| 9Greensboro-High Point, NC | 48 | 226 | 7.1 | $5M | +4.1% | #213 of 387 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 47 | 522 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +0.9% | #218 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area?
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area has 739 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 519 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 2,134 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.8% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 416 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area spend on food away from home?
About $4.4B a year, or $4,108 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 739 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,076,260 households in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area has 6.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area would have about 870, against 739 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 504 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area at 2,938,830 people in 2025, up 10.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,076,260 households. The median household income in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area is $83,304 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area scores 73 for pizza places (upper middle), #45 of 387 scored metro areas.
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