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Pizza places in Gordon County, GA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #954 of 2,090 scored counties
#42 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
19
18 chain locations (95%)
Official establishments
41
All limited-service restaurants · +2.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$75.1M
On food away from home · $3,519 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
61,701
+6.9% 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

Households in Gordon County spend about $75.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,519 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per pizza place, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Gordon County has 19 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. 18 of them (95%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Gordon County in 2023, up 2.5% from 2019. That is one for every 521 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 list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.5M has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Gordon County.

Population estimates show Gordon County grew 6.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For pizza places, Gordon County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #954 of 2,090 scored counties and #42 of 116 scored counties in Georgia.

How Gordon 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 Gordon County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureGordon CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.98.78.0
Spending per listing$4M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)521419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+2.5%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,519$3,917$4,070
Median household income$63,650$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5239

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
40 → 41All limited-service restaurants · +2.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
971
Annual payroll, 2023
$18M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1918 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
61,701+6.9% since 2020
Households
21,348
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
357 sq. mi.
People per square mile
166
Median household income
$63,650+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,559
Median home value
$222,900
Jobs located here
24,064
Daytime population
58,314Residents 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 Gordon 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
42Gordon County, GA52198.9$4M+6.9%#954 of 2,090

Other business types in Gordon County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Gordon County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 pizza places in Gordon County. 18 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.5% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $75.1M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 21,348 households in Gordon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Gordon County has 8.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Gordon County would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 521 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Gordon County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Gordon County at 61,701 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,348 households. Median household income in Gordon County is $63,650, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Gordon County scores 52 for pizza places (upper middle), #954 of 2,090 scored counties.

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