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Pizza places in Carroll County, GA
How Carroll 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,373 of 2,090 scored counties
#58 of 116 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 46
- 37 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 111
- All limited-service restaurants · +4.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $159.1M
- On food away from home · $3,607 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,036
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 46 pizza places in Carroll County. 37 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 10.4 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Carroll County comes to about $159.1M a year: $3,607 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 32% 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 111 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. That is one for every 397 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. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,373 of 2,090 scored counties and #58 of 116 scored counties in Georgia.
How Carroll 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.
| Measure | Carroll County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.7% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,607 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,714 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 106 → 111All limited-service restaurants · +4.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,491
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4637 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,036+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,106
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $73,714+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,516
- Median home value
- $255,100
- Jobs located here
- 44,150
- Daytime population
- 111,823Residents 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 pizza places, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 88 | 37 | 6.2 | $7M | +12.7% | #19 of 2,090 |
| 2Lee County, GA | 82 | 7 | 5.7 | $7M | +2.9% | #57 of 2,090 |
| 3Forsyth County, GA | 80 | 61 | 6.9 | $8M | +11.8% | #80 of 2,090 |
| 4Cherokee County, GA | 80 | 76 | 7.5 | $6.2M | +11.6% | #88 of 2,090 |
| 5Coweta County, GA | 75 | 46 | 8.2 | $5.3M | +9.2% | #178 of 2,090 |
| 6Pike County, GA | 74 | 6 | 8.9 | $4.5M | +10.5% | #206 of 2,090 |
| 7Harris County, GA | 74 | 15 | 11.5 | $3.8M | +6.8% | #207 of 2,090 |
| 8Columbia County, GA | 71 | 35 | 6.3 | $6.9M | +7.9% | #263 of 2,090 |
| 9Jones County, GA | 71 | 8 | 7.4 | $5M | +2.8% | #288 of 2,090 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 70 | 25 | 6.1 | $6.1M | +11.2% | #304 of 2,090 |
| 58Carroll County, GA | 42 | 46 | 10.4 | $3.5M | +9.8% | #1,373 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Carroll County, GA?
Carroll County has 46 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 111 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.7% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $159.1M a year, or $3,607 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.5M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,106 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, GA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Carroll County has 10.4 pizza places per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.5M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Carroll County would have about 31, against 46 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 4.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 131,036 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,106 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $73,714 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Carroll County scores 42 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,373 of 2,090 scored counties.
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