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Pizza places in Murray County, GA
The pizza places in Murray County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #911 of 2,090 scored counties
#40 of 116 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 11 chain locations (92%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On food away from home · $3,417 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,607
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Murray County comes to about $52.1M a year: $3,417 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 15% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.
Murray County has 12 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 92% of them, against 58% across the U.S. That is 7.9 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Murray County was 27 in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 565 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.
Population estimates put the population change in Murray County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Murray County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #911 of 2,090 scored counties and #40 of 116 scored counties in Georgia.
How Murray 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 | Murray County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $4.5M | $5.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 565 | 419 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,417 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,253 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 27All limited-service restaurants · 0.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 500
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1211 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Murray 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 Murray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,607+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,246
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $69,253+44.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,906
- Median home value
- $180,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,224
- Daytime population
- 30,262Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 40Murray County, GA | 53 | 12 | 7.9 | $4.3M | +4.0% | #911 of 2,090 |
Other business types in Murray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many pizza places are in Murray County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 pizza places in Murray County. 11 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, unchanged from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.
How much do households in Murray County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $52.1M a year, or $3,417 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 15,246 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Murray County, GA compare with the U.S. for pizza places?
Murray County has 7.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $4.3M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Murray County would have about 10, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 565 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Murray County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Murray County at 41,607 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,246 households. Median household income in Murray County is $69,253, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.2%, 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. Murray County scores 53 for pizza places (upper middle), #911 of 2,090 scored counties.
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