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Pizza places in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
The pizza places in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #350 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 198
- 100 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 389
- All limited-service restaurants · +17.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $556.2M
- On food away from home · $3,503 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 56% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 28 (lower middle), #350 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on food away from home in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $556.2M a year: $3,503 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per pizza place, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 198 pizza places on map listings in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area as of September 2026. 100 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 12.5 for every 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 389 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, up 17.5% from 2019. That is one for every 408 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, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Population estimates show the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area grew 20.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area compares
The same measures for South 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $4.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 408 | 501 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.5% | +10.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,503 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 389All limited-service restaurants · +17.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,938
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $141.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 198100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for pizza places, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 73 | 739 | 6.9 | $6M | +10.1% | #45 of 387 |
| 1Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 73 | 77 | 8.1 | $5.1M | +12.0% | #47 of 387 |
| 2Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 71 | 246 | 7.3 | $5.6M | +10.7% | #56 of 387 |
| 3Spartanburg, SC | 63 | 89 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +14.3% | #101 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, SC | 61 | 213 | 6.3 | $5.8M | +6.0% | #110 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 52 | 155 | 6.7 | $5.5M | +4.7% | #175 of 387 |
| 5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 46 | 312 | 8.1 | $4.5M | +9.0% | #229 of 387 |
| 6Sumter, SC | 40 | 28 | 6.8 | $4.8M | −0.3% | #267 of 387 |
| 7Florence, SC | 29 | 52 | 6.6 | $4.9M | +0.9% | #340 of 387 |
| 8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 28 | 198 | 12.5 | $2.8M | +20.9% | #350 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 198 pizza places in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. 100 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 389 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.5% 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 65 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on food away from home?
About $556.2M a year, or $3,503 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 198 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 12.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 56% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.8M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 110, against 198 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 408 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 28 for pizza places (lower middle), #350 of 387 scored metro areas.
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