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Pizza places in the Dalton, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for pizza places in the Dalton, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 35
- 30 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 120
- All limited-service restaurants · +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $179.9M
- On food away from home · $3,455 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 147,819
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Dalton metro area comes to about $179.9M a year: $3,455 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. Spread across 35 pizza places, that is $5.1M per pizza place, in line with the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
The Dalton metro area has 35 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 86%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Dalton metro area was 120 in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 434 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Official counts also show 28 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $397K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Dalton metro area.
Population estimates show the Dalton metro area grew 3.5% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dalton metro area scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Dalton metro area 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 | Dalton metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 434 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,455 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,846 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 120All limited-service restaurants · +11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,662
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 28All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3530 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $397K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Dalton metro area, 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 the Dalton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 147,819+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 52,080
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 227
- Median household income
- $67,846+39.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,684
- Median home value
- $208,800
- Jobs located here
- 67,757
- Daytime population
- 144,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Dalton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 60 | 1,711 | 7.4 | $5.8M | +5.9% | #113 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 57 | 160 | 6.9 | $5.4M | +5.3% | #132 of 387 |
| 2Gainesville, GA | 53 | 66 | 9.0 | $4.4M | +11.4% | #169 of 387 |
| 3Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 52 | 155 | 6.7 | $5.5M | +4.7% | #175 of 387 |
| 4Dalton, GA | 40 | 35 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +3.5% | #266 of 387 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 35 | 172 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +8.1% | #307 of 387 |
| 6Athens-Clarke County, GA | 34 | 83 | 9.6 | $3.8M | +3.9% | #314 of 387 |
| 7Rome, GA | 33 | 29 | 7.9 | $4.5M | +2.8% | #316 of 387 |
| 8Warner Robins, GA | 33 | 79 | 10.6 | $3.6M | +8.2% | #320 of 387 |
| 9Hinesville, GA | 32 | 24 | 8.0 | $4.1M | +12.6% | #326 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dalton metro area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Dalton, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 35 pizza places in the Dalton metro area. 30 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 120 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Another 28 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Dalton, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $179.9M a year, or $3,455 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 35 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $5.1M per pizza place. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 52,080 households in the Dalton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dalton, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Dalton metro area has 6.7 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $5.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 434 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dalton, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dalton metro area at 147,819 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,080 households. Median household income in the Dalton metro area is $67,846, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.9%, 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. The Dalton metro area scores 40 for pizza places (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.
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