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Pizza places in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #335 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 93
- 67 chain locations (72%)
- Official establishments
- 311
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $432.2M
- On food away from home · $3,122 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 433,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #335 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area spend about $432.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,122 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. Spread across 93 pizza places, that is $4.6M per pizza place, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 93 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 67 of them (72%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 311 businesses with payroll in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 445 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $580K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Brownsville-Harlingen metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 445 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.4% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,122 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,601 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 311All limited-service restaurants · +5.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,513
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $130.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 66All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9367 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $580K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Brownsville-Harlingen 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 433,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 138,433
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 478
- Median household income
- $52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,931
- Median home value
- $136,500
- Jobs located here
- 146,355
- Daytime population
- 405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 85 | 674 | 6.8 | $6.7M | +14.0% | #4 of 387 |
| 2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 74 | 1,530 | 5.7 | $7.2M | +10.3% | #35 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 73 | 45 | 6.5 | $6.7M | +9.8% | #41 of 387 |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 66 | 599 | 6.2 | $6.2M | +9.5% | #83 of 387 |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 64 | 2,060 | 7.1 | $6M | +10.6% | #96 of 387 |
| 6Odessa, TX | 63 | 28 | 4.3 | $8.5M | +5.0% | #100 of 387 |
| 7Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 57 | 77 | 5.2 | $6.9M | +0.5% | #130 of 387 |
| 8Eagle Pass, TX | 57 | 8 | 4.4 | $6.9M | +1.7% | #131 of 387 |
| 9Killeen-Temple, TX | 56 | 116 | 6.5 | $5.4M | +7.2% | #140 of 387 |
| 10Victoria, TX | 53 | 19 | 5.0 | $7M | +1.6% | #162 of 387 |
| 24Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 30 | 93 | 6.7 | $4.6M | +3.0% | #335 of 387 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 93 pizza places in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. 67 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 311 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.4% 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 also show 66 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $432.2M a year, or $3,122 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 93 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 6.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.6M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 85, against 93 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 445 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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 Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 30 for pizza places (lower middle), #335 of 387 scored metro areas.
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