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Fast food and sandwich shops in Murray County, GA

How Murray 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,146 of 2,222 scored counties
#40 of 114 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
20
19 chain locations (95%)
Official establishments
27
All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$52.1M
On food away from home · $3,417 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.1
2% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,607
+4.0% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Murray County comes to about $52.1M a year: $3,417 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

There are 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Murray County as of September 2026. 19 of them (95%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.1 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in Murray County classed as limited-service restaurants, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 565 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.

Population estimates put the population change in Murray County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Murray County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,146 of 2,222 scored counties and #40 of 114 scored counties in Georgia.

How Murray 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 Murray County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureMurray CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.115.813.3
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)565419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–20230.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,417$3,917$4,070
Median household income$69,253$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5034

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 27All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
500
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2019 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
41,607+4.0% since 2020
Households
15,246
Median age
39.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
345 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$69,253+44.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,906
Median home value
$180,700
Jobs located here
8,224
Daytime population
30,262Residents 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 Murray 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
40Murray County, GA502013.1$2.6M+4.0%#1,146 of 2,222

Other business types in Murray County

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

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Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 fast food and sandwich shops in Murray County. 19 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.

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

About $52.1M a year, or $3,417 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 15,246 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Murray County has 13.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Murray County would have about 17, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 565 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Murray County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Murray County at 41,607 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,246 households. Median household income in Murray County is $69,253, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.2%, 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. Murray County scores 50 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,146 of 2,222 scored counties.

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