Food and drink · County · West Virginia
Pizza places in Berkeley County, WV
How Berkeley County, WV compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #205 of 2,090 scored counties
#2 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 42
- 25 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- All limited-service restaurants · −7.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $196.2M
- On food away from home · $3,845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.2
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 139,522
- +13.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Berkeley County is 74 (upper middle), #205 of 2,090 scored counties and #2 of 39 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for pizza places.
Households in Berkeley County spend about $196.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,845 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Berkeley County has 42 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 25 are chain locations, or 60%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Berkeley County was 71 in 2023, down 7.8% from 2019. That is one for every 719 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $968K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Berkeley County. Population estimates put the population change in Berkeley County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Berkeley County 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 | Berkeley County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.2 | 10.9 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $3.1M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 719 | 564 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.8% | −1.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.7% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,845 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,815 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77 → 71All limited-service restaurants · −7.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,677
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $30M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4225 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 39The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $968K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Berkeley 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 Berkeley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 139,522+13.7% since 2020
- Households
- 51,021
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 403
- Median household income
- $80,815+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,580
- Median home value
- $266,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,190
- Daytime population
- 104,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every West Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in West Virginia for pizza places, numbered among those based in West Virginia, with Berkeley County marked.
Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 82 | 18 | 7.9 | $5.5M | +9.2% | #61 of 2,090 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 74 | 42 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +13.7% | #205 of 2,090 |
| 3Hampshire County, WV | 63 | 7 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #567 of 2,090 |
| 4Marion County, WV | 44 | 18 | 7.7 | $4.5M | −1.2% | #1,256 of 2,090 |
| 5Upshur County, WV | 44 | 8 | 8.4 | $3.8M | −0.3% | #1,272 of 2,090 |
| 6Mineral County, WV | 43 | 13 | 11.7 | $3M | −0.4% | #1,333 of 2,090 |
| 7Putnam County, WV | 40 | 22 | 9.5 | $4.2M | −1.0% | #1,432 of 2,090 |
| 8Taylor County, WV | 39 | 6 | 9.1 | $3.7M | −2.4% | #1,474 of 2,090 |
| 9Preston County, WV | 39 | 17 | 13.3 | $2.5M | −0.6% | #1,499 of 2,090 |
| 10Mason County, WV | 38 | 9 | 8.8 | $3.5M | −2.7% | #1,515 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Berkeley County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 pizza places in Berkeley County. 25 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 7.8% 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 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Berkeley County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $196.2M a year, or $3,845 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 51,021 households in Berkeley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Berkeley County, WV compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Berkeley County has 8.2 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.7M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Berkeley County would have about 39, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 719 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Berkeley County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Berkeley County at 139,522 people in 2025, up 13.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 51,021 households. Median household income in Berkeley County is $80,815, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Berkeley County scores 74 for pizza places (upper middle), #205 of 2,090 scored counties.
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