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Pizza places in the El Paso, TX metro area

The pizza places in the El Paso, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #351 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
211
161 chain locations (76%)
Official establishments
703
All limited-service restaurants · +10.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$998.7M
On food away from home · $3,324 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.0
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
881,291
+1.3% 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 El Paso metro area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #351 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 211 pizza places in the El Paso metro area. Chain locations make up 76% of them, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.0, 12% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in the El Paso metro area spend about $998.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,324 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.7M per pizza place, 7% 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.

Official counts show 703 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the El Paso metro area in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. That is one for every 427 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. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $7.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the El Paso metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Paso metro area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the El Paso 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.

Pizza in El Paso, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEl Paso metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.06.58.0
Spending per listing$4.7M$6.1M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)427451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+10.2%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,324$3,970$4,070
Median household income$59,751$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2764

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
703All limited-service restaurants · +10.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
15,864
Annual payroll, 2023
$280.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
176All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
211161 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
197The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$7.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the El Paso 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 El Paso metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
881,291+1.3% since 2020
Households
300,479
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,584 sq. mi.
People per square mile
157
Median household income
$59,751+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,791
Median home value
$180,200
Jobs located here
348,186
Daytime population
868,355Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for pizza places, numbered among those based in Texas, with the El Paso metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX856746.8$6.7M+14.0%#4 of 387
2Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX741,5305.7$7.2M+10.3%#35 of 387
3Midland, TX73456.5$6.7M+9.8%#41 of 387
4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX665996.2$6.2M+9.5%#83 of 387
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX642,0607.1$6M+10.6%#96 of 387
6Odessa, TX63284.3$8.5M+5.0%#100 of 387
7Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX57775.2$6.9M+0.5%#130 of 387
8Eagle Pass, TX5784.4$6.9M+1.7%#131 of 387
9Killeen-Temple, TX561166.5$5.4M+7.2%#140 of 387
10Victoria, TX53195.0$7M+1.6%#162 of 387
25El Paso, TX272117.0$4.7M+1.3%#351 of 387

Other business types in the El Paso metro area

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in the El Paso, TX metro area?

There are 211 pizza places on map listings in the El Paso metro area as of September 2026. 161 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 703 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 176 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the El Paso, TX metro area spend on food away from home?

About $998.7M a year, or $3,324 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 211 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 300,479 households in the El Paso metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the El Paso, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

The El Paso metro area has 7.0 pizza places per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the El Paso metro area would have about 197, against 211 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 427 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the El Paso, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the El Paso metro area at 881,291 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 300,479 households. The median household income in the El Paso metro area is $59,751 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.7% 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 El Paso metro area scores 27 for pizza places (lower middle), #351 of 387 scored metro areas.

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