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Pizza places in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #213 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 226
- 142 chain locations (63%)
- Official establishments
- 649
- All limited-service restaurants · +6.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On food away from home · $3,538 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.1
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 805,945
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 226 pizza places in the Greensboro-High Point metro area. Chain locations make up 63% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 7.1 for every 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,538 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area spend about $1.1B a year on food away from home. Spread across 226 pizza places, that is $5M per pizza place, 2% 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 the Greensboro-High Point metro area was 649 in 2023, up 6.6% from 2019. That is one for every 489 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 105 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Greensboro-High Point metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Greensboro-High Point metro area grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is 48 (lower middle), #213 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Greensboro-High Point 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 | Greensboro-High Point metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.1 | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5M | $5.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 489 | 504 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +6.6% | +4.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,538 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 649All limited-service restaurants · +6.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,230
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $244.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 105All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 226142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 221The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 805,945+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 317,045
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,994 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 394
- Median household income
- $65,565+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,179
- Median home value
- $231,000
- Jobs located here
- 363,740
- Daytime population
- 805,439Residents 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 Greensboro-High Point 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area?
There are 226 pizza places on map listings in the Greensboro-High Point metro area as of September 2026. 142 of them (63%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 649 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 6.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 105 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,538 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 226 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 317,045 households in the Greensboro-High Point metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Greensboro-High Point metro area has 7.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Greensboro-High Point metro area would have about 221, against 226 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 6.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Greensboro-High Point metro area at 805,945 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 317,045 households. The median household income in the Greensboro-High Point metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.8% 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 Greensboro-High Point metro area scores 48 for pizza places (lower middle), #213 of 387 scored metro areas.
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