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Pizza places in Telfair County, GA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 9 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #2,085 of 2,090 scored counties
#116 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
5
5 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
7
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On food away from home · $2,839 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
63% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.9
86% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,195
−10.1% 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

For pizza places, Telfair County has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #2,085 of 2,090 scored counties and #116 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,839 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Telfair County spend about $9.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 63% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

Telfair County has 5 pizza places on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.9, 86% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Telfair County in 2023. That is one for every 479 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 $366K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Telfair County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Telfair County declined 10.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Telfair 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 Telfair County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureTelfair CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.98.78.0
Spending per listing$1.9M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)479419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−10.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,839$3,917$4,070
Median household income$50,929$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 7All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
55 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$366K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
11,195−10.1% since 2020
Households
3,351
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
437 sq. mi.
People per square mile
27
Median household income
$50,929+57.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,431
Median home value
$113,300
Jobs located here
2,236
Daytime population
10,458Residents 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 Telfair 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
116Telfair County, GA9514.9$1.9M−10.1%#2,085 of 2,090

Other business types in Telfair County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Telfair County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 pizza places in Telfair County. 5 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $9.5M a year, or $2,839 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 3,351 households in Telfair County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Telfair County has 14.9 pizza places per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $1.9M, 63% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Telfair County would have about 2, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 479 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Telfair County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Telfair County at 11,195 people in 2025, down 10.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,351 households. Median household income in Telfair County is $50,929, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 57.2%, 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. Telfair County scores 9 for pizza places (very low), #2,085 of 2,090 scored counties.

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