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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County, GA

How Bibb County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 12 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,175 of 2,222 scored counties
#110 of 114 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
141
119 chain locations (84%)
Official establishments
214
All limited-service restaurants · +11.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$194.2M
On food away from home · $3,240 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
23.5
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
157,556
+0.3% since 2020

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What this means

For fast food and sandwich shops, Bibb County has a Groundwork market score of 12 (low): #2,175 of 2,222 scored counties and #110 of 114 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 141 fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County. Chain locations make up 84% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 23.5 for every 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,240 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Bibb County spend about $194.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 141 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $1.4M per shop, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb County was 214 in 2023, up 11.5% from 2019. That is one for every 280 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $7.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bibb County grew 0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Bibb County compares

The same measures for Georgia and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Bibb County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBibb CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households23.515.813.3
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)280419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.5%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,240$3,917$4,070
Median household income$51,234$77,353$80,734
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Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
192 → 214All limited-service restaurants · +11.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,906
Annual payroll, 2023
$64.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
27All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
141119 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
64The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$7.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bibb 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 fast food and sandwich shops.

Population and households in Bibb County

Population, 2025 estimate
157,556+0.3% since 2020
Households
59,921
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
51%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
249 sq. mi.
People per square mile
628
Median household income
$51,234+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,238
Median home value
$174,500
Jobs located here
79,869
Daytime population
177,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Bibb County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Harris County, GA9564.6$9.5M+6.8%#3 of 2,222
2Pike County, GA8957.4$5.4M+10.5%#24 of 2,222
3Paulding County, GA856510.8$4M+12.7%#62 of 2,222
4Jones County, GA8187.4$5M+2.8%#107 of 2,222
5Madison County, GA7987.1$4.7M+8.8%#144 of 2,222
6Putnam County, GA791211.5$3.3M+7.0%#154 of 2,222
7Monroe County, GA7798.5$4.7M+14.1%#185 of 2,222
8Forsyth County, GA7611913.4$4.1M+11.8%#210 of 2,222
9Effingham County, GA762811.5$3.5M+14.1%#216 of 2,222
10Lamar County, GA7579.8$3.7M+12.9%#231 of 2,222
110Bibb County, GA1214123.5$1.4M+0.3%#2,175 of 2,222

Other business types in Bibb County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bibb County, GA?

There are 141 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Bibb County as of September 2026. 119 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 214 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Bibb County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $194.2M a year, or $3,240 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 141 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 59,921 households in Bibb County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Bibb County, GA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Bibb County has 23.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bibb County would have about 64, against 141 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 280 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Bibb County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Bibb County at 157,556 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 59,921 households. The median household income in Bibb County is $51,234 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.0% 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. Bibb County scores 12 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,175 of 2,222 scored counties.

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