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Pizza places in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #83 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 599
- 423 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 2,051
- All limited-service restaurants · +14.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.7B
- On food away from home · $3,866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 23% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,813,140
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 599 pizza places in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area. Of those, 423 are chain locations, or 71%, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 6.2 for every 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area comes to about $3.7B a year: $3,866 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.2M per pizza place, 23% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 2,051 businesses with payroll in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 14.5% from 2019. That is one for every 472 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. Official counts list 465 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 57 SBA-backed loans worth $28.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is 66 (upper middle), #83 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 | San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 6.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $6.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 472 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.5% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,866 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,213 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,051All limited-service restaurants · +14.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 48,560
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $976.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 465All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 599423 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 736The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 57
- Amount
- $28.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the San Antonio-New Braunfels 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,813,140+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 967,488
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 364
- Median household income
- $76,213+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,761
- Median home value
- $278,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,138,312
- Daytime population
- 2,628,195Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area?
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 599 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 423 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 2,051 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 14.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 465 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $3.7B a year, or $3,866 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 599 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 967,488 households in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area has 6.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.2M, 23% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area would have about 736, against 599 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 472 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area at 2,813,140 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 967,488 households. The median household income in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area is $76,213 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.3% 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area scores 66 for pizza places (upper middle), #83 of 387 scored metro areas.
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