Profitability

Is a pizza shop profitable in Virginia?

What the public record says about businesses like a pizza shop in Virginia: how many open and close each year against the national rate, how many are still open after each year, and a calculator for the margin your own numbers leave.

8.8%of accommodation and food services establishments in Virginia closed in 2023

10.1% opened that year, among 17,882 establishments. Over the last five years with data, 8.6% closed in an average year in Virginia, against 9.4% nationally.

Closed in 2023
8.8%
Opened in 2023
10.1%
United States, closed
9.1%
Net income, % of receipts (2023)
3.4%

What these figures include

The Census publishes these dynamics by sector, not by kind of business, so the figures are for every establishment in accommodation and food services (NAICS 72), which is where the Census counts pizza shops.

Still open after 1 year (modeled)
N/A
Still open after 5 years (modeled)
N/A

Profit margin calculator for a pizza shop

Your sales and costs, the margin they leave and the sales that break even. Nothing is stored.

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A typical month once open.
Food, drink, product or supplies.
Wages, payroll taxes and benefits, your own pay included.
Base rent, CAM, taxes and insurance.
Utilities, insurance, software, loan payments, marketing.

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Profit margin19.1%$8,600 a month before income tax

Sole proprietors in restaurants and drinking places reported net income of 3.4% of receipts on their 2023 returns (IRS Statistics of Income). That figure is after the owner's own draw only when they paid themselves wages, so compare with care.

Break-even sales
$22,368
A month of sales at which profit is zero with these costs.
Cost of goods
$13,500
Labor
$14,400
Rent, charges and other fixed costs
$8,500
Rent plus charges is 11.1% of sales; DoorWorthy plans 6% to 10% as a healthy share for pizza shops.

From the odds to a location

  • How many are thereThe Census has no clean code for pizza shops, so there is no count page for this type.
  • The free location checkOne address measured from public records: who lives and works nearby, the pizza shops already there and the traffic on the road.

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No account. The pizza shop check reads public records at the address itself.

Sources and dates

U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics (establishment entry and exit rates by sector and state, 2023); IRS Statistics of Income, sole proprietorship returns 2023. Establishments with paid employees.

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