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Pizza places in Ware County, GA

How Ware 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 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,021 of 2,090 scored counties
#99 of 116 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
12
10 chain locations (83%)
Official establishments
43
All limited-service restaurants · +16.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$36.5M
On food away from home · $2,819 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
16% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,906
+1.9% 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

Ware County scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for pizza places, ranking #2,021 of 2,090 scored counties and #99 of 116 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,819 per household (31% below the U.S. average), households in Ware County spend about $36.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $3M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 40% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places.

There are 12 pizza places on map listings in Ware County as of September 2026. 10 of them (83%) are chain locations, against 58% across the U.S. That comes to 9.3 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Ware County was 43 in 2023, up 16.2% from 2019. That is one for every 301 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 $995K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ware County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ware County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Ware 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 Ware County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWare CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.38.78.0
Spending per listing$3M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)301419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.2%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,819$3,917$4,070
Median household income$47,448$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score1939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 43All limited-service restaurants · +16.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,019
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$995K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
36,906+1.9% since 2020
Households
12,957
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
63%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
899 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$47,448+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,518
Median home value
$109,500
Jobs located here
14,807
Daytime population
37,003Residents 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 Ware 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
99Ware County, GA19129.3$3M+1.9%#2,021 of 2,090

Other business types in Ware County

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

Questions

How many pizza places are in Ware County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 12 pizza places in Ware County. 10 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 43 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 16.2% 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 Ware County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $36.5M a year, or $2,819 per household. That is 31% below the U.S. average (an index of 69, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $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 12,957 households in Ware County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ware County has 9.3 pizza places per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $3M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the U.S. ratio of pizza places to household spending, Ware County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 301 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Ware County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Ware County at 36,906 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,957 households. Median household income in Ware County is $47,448, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, 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. Ware County scores 19 for pizza places (low), #2,021 of 2,090 scored counties.

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