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Pizza places in Dougherty County, GA

The pizza places in Dougherty County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 11 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,074 of 2,090 scored counties
#115 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
34
29 chain locations (85%)
Official establishments
98
All limited-service restaurants · −3.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$101.2M
On food away from home · $2,951 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
41% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.9
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
82,616
−3.0% since 2020

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What this means

Dougherty County scores 11 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #2,074 of 2,090 scored counties and #115 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Dougherty County spend about $101.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,951 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per pizza place, 41% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Dougherty County has 34 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 29 are chain locations, or 85%, against 58% across the U.S. That is 9.9 per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 98 businesses with payroll in Dougherty County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 350 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $980K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dougherty County. Population estimates show Dougherty County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Dougherty 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 Dougherty County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureDougherty CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.98.78.0
Spending per listing$3M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)350419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.9%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,951$3,917$4,070
Median household income$49,044$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score1139

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
102 → 98All limited-service restaurants · −3.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,908
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3429 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$980K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
82,616−3.0% since 2020
Households
34,280
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
45%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
329 sq. mi.
People per square mile
253
Median household income
$49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,820
Median home value
$134,400
Jobs located here
43,701
Daytime population
96,519Residents 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 Dougherty 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
115Dougherty County, GA11349.9$3M−3.0%#2,074 of 2,090

Other business types in Dougherty County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Dougherty County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 pizza places in Dougherty County. 29 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 98 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $101.2M a year, or $2,951 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dougherty County has 9.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 20, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 350 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 11 for pizza places (low), #2,074 of 2,090 scored counties.

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