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Fast food and sandwich shops in Butts County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Butts County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,624 of 2,222 scored counties
#64 of 114 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
16
16 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
19
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$31M
On food away from home · $3,463 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.9
35% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,218
+6.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,463 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Butts County spend about $31M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Butts County has 16 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.9, 35% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Butts County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 471 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Butts County.

Population estimates show Butts County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Butts County is 37 (lower middle), #1,624 of 2,222 scored counties and #64 of 114 scored counties in Georgia.

How Butts 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 Butts County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureButts CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.915.813.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)471419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,463$3,917$4,070
Median household income$69,241$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3734

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 19All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
438
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1616 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$5.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Butts 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 Butts County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,218+6.5% since 2020
Households
8,941
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
184 sq. mi.
People per square mile
144
Median household income
$69,241+59.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,229
Median home value
$240,600
Jobs located here
8,221
Daytime population
24,104Residents 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 Butts 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
64Butts County, GA371617.9$1.9M+6.5%#1,624 of 2,222

Other business types in Butts 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 Butts County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 fast food and sandwich shops in Butts County. 16 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $31M a year, or $3,463 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,941 households in Butts County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Butts County has 17.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Butts County would have about 10, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 471 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Butts County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Butts County at 27,218 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,941 households. Median household income in Butts County is $69,241, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 59.3%, 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. Butts County scores 37 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,624 of 2,222 scored counties.

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