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Pizza places in Arlington County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Arlington County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #264 of 2,090 scored counties
#26 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 89
- 45 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 225
- All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $606.1M
- On food away from home · $5,410 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 34% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 243,931
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $5,410 per household (33% above the U.S. average), households in Arlington County spend about $606.1M a year on food away from home. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 34% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Arlington County has 89 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.9 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Official counts show 225 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Arlington County in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 498 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 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Arlington County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Arlington County grew 2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Arlington County is 71 (upper middle), #264 of 2,090 scored counties and #26 of 95 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Arlington County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Arlington County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 498 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.0% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,410 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $142,114 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 250 → 225All limited-service restaurants · −10.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,910
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $98.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8945 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Arlington 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 Arlington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 243,931+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 112,027
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 26 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9,089
- Median household income
- $142,114+18.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $189,970
- Median home value
- $895,000
- Jobs located here
- 166,762
- Daytime population
- 284,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 98 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #1 of 2,090 |
| 2Powhatan County, VA | 93 | 7 | 6.2 | $7.5M | +7.0% | #2 of 2,090 |
| 3Frederick County, VA | 91 | 17 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +8.8% | #7 of 2,090 |
| 4Caroline County, VA | 91 | 6 | 5.0 | $8.1M | +11.3% | #8 of 2,090 |
| 5Albemarle County, VA | 90 | 21 | 4.6 | $10.1M | +5.1% | #11 of 2,090 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 88 | 16 | 4.9 | $7.9M | +6.6% | #17 of 2,090 |
| 7Louisa County, VA | 88 | 10 | 6.4 | $6.3M | +13.6% | #21 of 2,090 |
| 8Isle of Wight County, VA | 85 | 8 | 5.1 | $8.4M | +6.7% | #36 of 2,090 |
| 9James City County, VA | 85 | 21 | 6.6 | $7.1M | +6.2% | #41 of 2,090 |
| 10Culpeper County, VA | 83 | 11 | 5.8 | $7.5M | +9.3% | #51 of 2,090 |
| 26Arlington County, VA | 71 | 89 | 7.9 | $6.8M | +2.1% | #264 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Arlington County, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 89 pizza places in Arlington County. 45 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 225 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 10.0% 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 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Arlington County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $606.1M a year, or $5,410 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 112,027 households in Arlington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Arlington County, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Arlington County has 7.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $6.8M, 34% above the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Arlington County would have about 119, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 498 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Arlington County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Arlington County at 243,931 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 112,027 households. Median household income in Arlington County is $142,114, 76% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.4%, 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. Arlington County scores 71 for pizza places (upper middle), #264 of 2,090 scored counties.
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