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Pizza places in Lehigh County, PA
The pizza places in Lehigh County, PA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #796 of 2,090 scored counties
#22 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 133
- 58 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 289
- All limited-service restaurants · +7.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $584.7M
- On food away from home · $4,049 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.2
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 384,383
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Lehigh County comes to about $584.7M a year: $4,049 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 133 pizza places on map listings in Lehigh County as of September 2026. 58 of them (44%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.2 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 289 businesses with payroll in Lehigh County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 500 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. Another 62 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $4.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lehigh County.
Population estimates show Lehigh County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Lehigh County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #796 of 2,090 scored counties and #22 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Lehigh County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Lehigh County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.2 | 10.3 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 500 | 538 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.0% | +2.2% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,049 | $3,973 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,079 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 270 → 289All limited-service restaurants · +7.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,191
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $80.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 62All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13358 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 115The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $4.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lehigh 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 Lehigh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 384,383+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 144,386
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,097
- Median household income
- $80,079+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $110,753
- Median home value
- $300,400
- Jobs located here
- 215,511
- Daytime population
- 411,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pike County, PA | 81 | 18 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +7.2% | #75 of 2,090 |
| 2Chester County, PA | 74 | 203 | 9.9 | $5.2M | +4.2% | #201 of 2,090 |
| 3Bradford County, PA | 69 | 9 | 3.7 | $9.6M | −0.6% | #325 of 2,090 |
| 4Perry County, PA | 69 | 15 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +2.1% | #354 of 2,090 |
| 5Juniata County, PA | 68 | 5 | 5.5 | $6.4M | −0.3% | #364 of 2,090 |
| 6Lancaster County, PA | 67 | 165 | 7.8 | $5.3M | +1.9% | #411 of 2,090 |
| 7Wayne County, PA | 66 | 13 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +1.1% | #449 of 2,090 |
| 8Butler County, PA | 66 | 76 | 9.4 | $4.5M | +3.2% | #463 of 2,090 |
| 9Berks County, PA | 64 | 136 | 8.3 | $4.7M | +2.7% | #517 of 2,090 |
| 10Franklin County, PA | 64 | 54 | 8.5 | $4.5M | +3.0% | #519 of 2,090 |
| 22Lehigh County, PA | 56 | 133 | 9.2 | $4.4M | +2.7% | #796 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Lehigh County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lehigh County, PA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 133 pizza places in Lehigh County. 58 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 289 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.0% 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 62 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lehigh County, PA spend on food away from home?
About $584.7M a year, or $4,049 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 133 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 144,386 households in Lehigh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lehigh County, PA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lehigh County has 9.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.4M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lehigh County would have about 115, against 133 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 500 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lehigh County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Lehigh County at 384,383 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 144,386 households. Median household income in Lehigh County is $80,079, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Lehigh County scores 56 for pizza places (upper middle), #796 of 2,090 scored counties.
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