Food and drink · Small-town market · Georgia
Pizza places in the Douglas, GA area
How the Douglas, GA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #393 of 520 scored small-town markets
#6 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 22
- 20 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- All limited-service restaurants · −11.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $56.3M
- On food away from home · $3,033 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 48% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 52,861
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for pizza places in the Douglas area is 37 (lower middle), #393 of 520 scored small-town markets and #6 of 23 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 pizza places in the Douglas area. Chain locations make up 91% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 11.8 per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
At $3,033 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in the Douglas area spend about $56.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 22 pizza places, that is $2.6M per pizza place, 50% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in the Douglas area classed as limited-service restaurants, down 11.4% from 2019. That is one for every 599 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 the Douglas area grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Douglas 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 | Douglas area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 599 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.4% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,033 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,870 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31All limited-service restaurants · −11.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,164
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2220 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 the Douglas 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 Douglas area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 52,861+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,571
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 935 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $48,870+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,317
- Median home value
- $117,300
- Jobs located here
- 19,923
- Daytime population
- 52,302Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Douglas area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 69 | 32 | 11.3 | $3.7M | +29.3% | #87 of 520 |
| 2Kingsland, GA | 67 | 15 | 6.9 | $5.3M | +9.5% | #101 of 520 |
| 3Calhoun, GA | 57 | 19 | 8.9 | $4M | +6.9% | #180 of 520 |
| 4Toccoa, GA | 56 | 6 | 5.7 | $5.4M | +3.8% | #186 of 520 |
| 5Cornelia, GA | 54 | 17 | 10.1 | $3.5M | +9.3% | #221 of 520 |
| 6Douglas, GA | 37 | 22 | 11.8 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #393 of 520 |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | 36 | 6 | 5.9 | $5M | −1.2% | #395 of 520 |
| 7Thomaston, GA | 35 | 12 | 11.3 | $2.9M | +2.7% | #412 of 520 |
| 8Summerville, GA | 35 | 15 | 16.4 | $1.8M | +1.5% | #414 of 520 |
| 9Statesboro, GA | 34 | 43 | 12.3 | $2.7M | +8.0% | #420 of 520 |
Other business types in the Douglas area
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Questions
How many pizza places are in the Douglas, GA area?
The Douglas area has 22 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.4% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Douglas, GA area spend on food away from home?
About $56.3M a year, or $3,033 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,571 households in the Douglas area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Douglas, GA area compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
The Douglas area has 11.8 pizza places per 10,000 households, 48% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.6M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, the Douglas area would have about 11, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 599 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Douglas, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Douglas area at 52,861 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,571 households. The median household income in the Douglas area is $48,870 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Douglas area scores 37 for pizza places (lower middle), #393 of 520 scored small-town markets.
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