Food and drink · County · Virginia
Pizza places in Falls Church city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in Falls Church city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,495 of 2,090 scored counties
#64 of 95 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 7 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- All limited-service restaurants · +15.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $35.1M
- On food away from home · $5,601 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.7
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,159
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 pizza places in Falls Church city. Chain locations make up 54% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 20.7 for every 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $5,601 per household (38% above the U.S. average), households in Falls Church city spend about $35.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 13 pizza places, that is $2.7M per pizza place, 47% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 37 businesses with payroll in Falls Church city classed as limited-service restaurants, up 15.6% from 2019. That is one for every 170 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Falls Church city grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Falls Church city is 39 (lower middle), #1,495 of 2,090 scored counties and #64 of 95 scored counties in Virginia.
How Falls Church city 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 | Falls Church city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $5.8M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 170 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.6% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,601 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $143,262 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 37All limited-service restaurants · +15.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 515
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Falls Church city, 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 Falls Church city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,159+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,273
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,193
- Median household income
- $143,262+12.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $204,594
- Median home value
- $1,055,600
- Jobs located here
- 10,691
- Daytime population
- 18,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Falls Church city marked.
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 |
| 64Falls Church city, VA | 39 | 13 | 20.7 | $2.7M | +3.3% | #1,495 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Falls Church city, VA?
There are 13 pizza places on map listings in Falls Church city as of September 2026. 7 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 15.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Falls Church city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $35.1M a year, or $5,601 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,273 households in Falls Church city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Falls Church city, VA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Falls Church city has 20.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.6 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.7M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Falls Church city would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 170 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Falls Church city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Falls Church city at 15,159 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,273 households. The median household income in Falls Church city is $143,262 a year, 77% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 12.3% 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. Falls Church city scores 39 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,495 of 2,090 scored counties.
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