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Fast food and sandwich shops in Lowndes County, GA
How Lowndes 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 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,026 of 2,222 scored counties
#94 of 114 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 114
- 102 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 116
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $151.1M
- On food away from home · $3,276 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.7
- 86% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,867
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Lowndes County is 22 (low), #2,026 of 2,222 scored counties and #94 of 114 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,276 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Lowndes County spend about $151.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Lowndes County has 114 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 24.7 per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 116 businesses with payroll in Lowndes County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.7% from 2019. That is one for every 397 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $936K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lowndes County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lowndes County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lowndes 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.
| Measure | Lowndes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.7 | 15.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.7% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,276 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,541 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 102 → 116All limited-service restaurants · +13.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,972
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 114102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $936K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,867+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,106
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 241
- Median household income
- $58,541+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,413
- Median home value
- $215,600
- Jobs located here
- 48,448
- Daytime population
- 125,607Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Lowndes County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Harris County, GA | 95 | 6 | 4.6 | $9.5M | +6.8% | #3 of 2,222 |
| 2Pike County, GA | 89 | 5 | 7.4 | $5.4M | +10.5% | #24 of 2,222 |
| 3Paulding County, GA | 85 | 65 | 10.8 | $4M | +12.7% | #62 of 2,222 |
| 4Jones County, GA | 81 | 8 | 7.4 | $5M | +2.8% | #107 of 2,222 |
| 5Madison County, GA | 79 | 8 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #144 of 2,222 |
| 6Putnam County, GA | 79 | 12 | 11.5 | $3.3M | +7.0% | #154 of 2,222 |
| 7Monroe County, GA | 77 | 9 | 8.5 | $4.7M | +14.1% | #185 of 2,222 |
| 8Forsyth County, GA | 76 | 119 | 13.4 | $4.1M | +11.8% | #210 of 2,222 |
| 9Effingham County, GA | 76 | 28 | 11.5 | $3.5M | +14.1% | #216 of 2,222 |
| 10Lamar County, GA | 75 | 7 | 9.8 | $3.7M | +12.9% | #231 of 2,222 |
| 94Lowndes County, GA | 22 | 114 | 24.7 | $1.3M | +3.7% | #2,026 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Lowndes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza29
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops43
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Lowndes County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 fast food and sandwich shops in Lowndes County. 102 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. 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 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lowndes County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $151.1M a year, or $3,276 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 46,106 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lowndes County, GA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Lowndes County has 24.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 50, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lowndes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Lowndes County at 122,867 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,106 households. Median household income in Lowndes County is $58,541, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Lowndes County scores 22 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,026 of 2,222 scored counties.
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