Food and drink · Metro area · West Virginia
Pizza places in the Beckley, WV metro area
How the Beckley, WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #372 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia
- Listings
- 52
- 45 chain locations (87%)
- Official establishments
- 81
- All limited-service restaurants · −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $138.6M
- On food away from home · $3,083 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 109,940
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
For pizza places, the Beckley metro area has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #372 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 52 pizza places in the Beckley metro area. Of those, 45 are chain locations, or 87%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.6 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,083 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in the Beckley metro area spend about $138.6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 52 pizza places, that is $2.7M per pizza place, 48% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beckley metro area was 81 in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 555 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $648K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beckley metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Beckley metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Beckley metro area compares
The same measures for West 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 | Beckley metro area | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 555 | 564 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | −1.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,083 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,620 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 81All limited-service restaurants · −1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,714
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5245 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $648K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Beckley 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 Beckley metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 109,940−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 44,952
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,267 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 89
- Median household income
- $52,620+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,721
- Median home value
- $129,600
- Jobs located here
- 43,639
- Daytime population
- 115,613Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Beckley metro area marked.
Top metro areas in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 69 | 1,581 | 6.7 | $7.7M | +3.3% | #61 of 387 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 62 | 98 | 8.3 | $4.6M | +7.1% | #106 of 387 |
| Winchester, VA-WV | 56 | 53 | 9.5 | $4.2M | +6.5% | #149 of 387 |
| 1Morgantown, WV | 21 | 73 | 12.7 | $2.8M | +1.3% | #369 of 387 |
| 2Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 21 | 61 | 12.3 | $2.7M | −3.6% | #370 of 387 |
| 3Beckley, WV | 20 | 52 | 11.6 | $2.7M | −4.3% | #372 of 387 |
| 4Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 13 | 42 | 11.1 | $2.9M | −2.3% | #380 of 387 |
| 5Charleston, WV | 12 | 92 | 10.5 | $3.2M | −4.7% | #381 of 387 |
| 6Wheeling, WV-OH | 11 | 76 | 13.1 | $2.6M | −3.6% | #384 of 387 |
| 7Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 9 | 178 | 11.7 | $2.9M | −2.6% | #387 of 387 |
Other business types in the Beckley metro area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Beckley, WV metro area?
The Beckley metro area has 52 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 45 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 81 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 8 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Beckley, WV metro area spend on food away from home?
About $138.6M a year, or $3,083 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 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 44,952 households in the Beckley metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beckley, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Beckley metro area has 11.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.7M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Beckley metro area would have about 27, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 555 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Beckley, WV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Beckley metro area at 109,940 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 44,952 households. The median household income in the Beckley metro area is $52,620 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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 Beckley metro area scores 20 for pizza places (low), #372 of 387 scored metro areas.
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