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Pizza places in Lowndes County, GA
How Lowndes 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 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,821 of 2,090 scored counties
#82 of 116 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 49
- 39 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 116
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $151.1M
- On food away from home · $3,276 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 122,867
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Lowndes County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #1,821 of 2,090 scored counties and #82 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,276 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Lowndes County spend about $151.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 49 pizza places, that is $3.1M per pizza place, 39% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
There are 49 pizza places on map listings in Lowndes County as of September 2026. 39 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Lowndes County was 116 in 2023, up 13.7% from 2019. That is one for every 397 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $936K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lowndes County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lowndes County grew 3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lowndes 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.
| Measure | Lowndes County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.7% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,276 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,541 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 102 → 116All limited-service restaurants · +13.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,972
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4939 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $936K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lowndes 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 Lowndes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 122,867+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,106
- Median age
- 33.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 497 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 241
- Median household income
- $58,541+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,413
- Median home value
- $215,600
- Jobs located here
- 48,448
- Daytime population
- 125,607Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for pizza places, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Lowndes County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 88 | 37 | 6.2 | $7M | +12.7% | #19 of 2,090 |
| 2Lee County, GA | 82 | 7 | 5.7 | $7M | +2.9% | #57 of 2,090 |
| 3Forsyth County, GA | 80 | 61 | 6.9 | $8M | +11.8% | #80 of 2,090 |
| 4Cherokee County, GA | 80 | 76 | 7.5 | $6.2M | +11.6% | #88 of 2,090 |
| 5Coweta County, GA | 75 | 46 | 8.2 | $5.3M | +9.2% | #178 of 2,090 |
| 6Pike County, GA | 74 | 6 | 8.9 | $4.5M | +10.5% | #206 of 2,090 |
| 7Harris County, GA | 74 | 15 | 11.5 | $3.8M | +6.8% | #207 of 2,090 |
| 8Columbia County, GA | 71 | 35 | 6.3 | $6.9M | +7.9% | #263 of 2,090 |
| 9Jones County, GA | 71 | 8 | 7.4 | $5M | +2.8% | #288 of 2,090 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 70 | 25 | 6.1 | $6.1M | +11.2% | #304 of 2,090 |
| 82Lowndes County, GA | 29 | 49 | 10.6 | $3.1M | +3.7% | #1,821 of 2,090 |
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Lowndes County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 49 pizza places in Lowndes County. 39 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 116 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.7% 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 Lowndes County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $151.1M a year, or $3,276 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 46,106 households in Lowndes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lowndes County, GA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Lowndes County has 10.6 pizza places per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3.1M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Lowndes County would have about 30, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Lowndes County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Lowndes County at 122,867 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,106 households. Median household income in Lowndes County is $58,541, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.9%, 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. Lowndes County scores 29 for pizza places (lower middle), #1,821 of 2,090 scored counties.
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