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Pizza places in Decatur County, GA

How Decatur 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 #2,064 of 2,090 scored counties
#111 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
15
13 chain locations (87%)
Official establishments
27
All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$33M
On food away from home · $3,104 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
57% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.1
76% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,432
0.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for pizza places in Decatur County is 13 (low), #2,064 of 2,090 scored counties and #111 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 pizza places in Decatur County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 87%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.1, 76% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Household spending on food away from home in Decatur County comes to about $33M a year: $3,104 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per pizza place, 57% 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 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Decatur County in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 393 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Decatur County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Decatur 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 Decatur County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureDecatur CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.18.78.0
Spending per listing$2.2M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)393419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.5%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,104$3,917$4,070
Median household income$53,317$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score1339

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 27All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
467
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1513 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,4320.0% since 2020
Households
10,621
Median age
38.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
597 sq. mi.
People per square mile
49
Median household income
$53,317+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,600
Median home value
$158,800
Jobs located here
8,437
Daytime population
26,106Residents 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 Decatur 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
111Decatur County, GA131514.1$2.2M0.0%#2,064 of 2,090

Other business types in Decatur County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Decatur County, GA?

There are 15 pizza places on map listings in Decatur County as of September 2026. 13 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. 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 Decatur County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $33M a year, or $3,104 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,621 households in Decatur County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Decatur County has 14.1 pizza places per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.2M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Decatur County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 393 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Decatur County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Decatur County at 29,432 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,621 households. The median household income in Decatur County is $53,317 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% 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. Decatur County scores 13 for pizza places (low), #2,064 of 2,090 scored counties.

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