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Pizza places in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area

The pizza places in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #377 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
172
82 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
421
All limited-service restaurants · +13.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$619.7M
On food away from home · $3,357 a household
Spending per listing
$3.6M
29% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
423,678
−1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #377 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on food away from home in the Youngstown-Warren metro area comes to about $619.7M a year: $3,357 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

The Youngstown-Warren metro area has 172 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 82 are chain locations, or 48%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 421 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Youngstown-Warren metro area in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 439 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $2.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Youngstown-Warren metro area declined 1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Youngstown-Warren metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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.

Pizza in Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureYoungstown-Warren metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.39.68.0
Spending per listing$3.6M$4M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)439467478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.5%+7.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,357$3,829$4,070
Median household income$56,713$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score1424

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
421All limited-service restaurants · +13.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
7,643
Annual payroll, 2023
$131.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
63All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
17282 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
122The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
11
Amount
$2.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Youngstown-Warren 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 Youngstown-Warren metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
423,678−1.4% since 2020
Households
184,615
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,029 sq. mi.
People per square mile
415
Median household income
$56,713
Average household income
$76,731
Median home value
$149,000
Jobs located here
155,417
Daytime population
405,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for pizza places, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Youngstown-Warren metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN547258.0$5.1M+2.7%#160 of 387
2Columbus, OH4787810.2$4.1M+4.7%#221 of 387
3Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH363088.9$4.3M+1.5%#298 of 387
4Cleveland, OH348098.7$4.4M−0.8%#312 of 387
5Akron, OH312879.7$4M0.0%#329 of 387
6Springfield, OH31508.9$3.9M−0.4%#331 of 387
7Mansfield, OH28489.6$3.5M−0.1%#349 of 387
8Toledo, OH252359.2$4M−1.0%#356 of 387
9Canton-Massillon, OH2116810.1$3.6M−0.2%#367 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH216112.3$2.7M−3.6%#370 of 387
11Youngstown-Warren, OH141729.3$3.6M−1.4%#377 of 387

Other business types in the Youngstown-Warren metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many pizza places are in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 172 pizza places in the Youngstown-Warren metro area. 82 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 421 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 63 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area spend on food away from home?

About $619.7M a year, or $3,357 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 172 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 184,615 households in the Youngstown-Warren metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The Youngstown-Warren metro area has 9.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.6M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Youngstown-Warren metro area would have about 122, against 172 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Youngstown-Warren, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Youngstown-Warren metro area at 423,678 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 184,615 households. Median household income in the Youngstown-Warren metro area is $56,713, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Youngstown-Warren metro area scores 14 for pizza places (low), #377 of 387 scored metro areas.

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