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Pizza places in Candler County, GA

How Candler County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,067 of 2,090 scored counties
#113 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
8
7 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
12
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$12.4M
On food away from home · $2,989 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
69% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.3
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,275
+2.2% 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

Candler County scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #2,067 of 2,090 scored counties and #113 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 pizza places in Candler County. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 19.3 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Households in Candler County spend about $12.4M a year on food away from home, or $2,989 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 69% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Candler County in 2023. That is one for every 346 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Population estimates show Candler County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Candler 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 pizza places counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Pizza in Candler County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureCandler CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.38.78.0
Spending per listing$1.6M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)346419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,989$3,917$4,070
Median household income$49,581$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score1339

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 12All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
223
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
87 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Candler 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 pizza places.

Population and households in Candler County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,275+2.2% since 2020
Households
4,152
Median age
40.1
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$49,581+47.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,657
Median home value
$159,200
Jobs located here
3,038
Daytime population
9,814Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Candler County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for pizza places by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA88376.2$7M+12.7%#19 of 2,090
2Lee County, GA8275.7$7M+2.9%#57 of 2,090
3Forsyth County, GA80616.9$8M+11.8%#80 of 2,090
4Cherokee County, GA80767.5$6.2M+11.6%#88 of 2,090
5Coweta County, GA75468.2$5.3M+9.2%#178 of 2,090
6Pike County, GA7468.9$4.5M+10.5%#206 of 2,090
7Harris County, GA741511.5$3.8M+6.8%#207 of 2,090
8Columbia County, GA71356.3$6.9M+7.9%#263 of 2,090
9Jones County, GA7187.4$5M+2.8%#288 of 2,090
10Newton County, GA70256.1$6.1M+11.2%#304 of 2,090
113Candler County, GA13819.3$1.6M+2.2%#2,067 of 2,090

Other business types in Candler County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Candler County, GA?

There are 8 pizza places on map listings in Candler County as of September 2026. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $12.4M a year, or $2,989 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,152 households in Candler County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Candler County, GA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?

Candler County has 19.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.6M, 69% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Candler County would have about 2, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 346 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Candler County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Candler County at 11,275 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,152 households. The median household income in Candler County is $49,581 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 47.0% 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. Candler County scores 13 for pizza places (low), #2,067 of 2,090 scored counties.

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