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Pizza places in Wilkes County, GA

How Wilkes County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for pizza places: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
6
4 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
6
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$12.5M
On food away from home · $3,018 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
59% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
81% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
9,540
−0.1% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 pizza places in Wilkes County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 67%, against 58% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 81% above the U.S. rate of 8.0.

At $3,018 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Wilkes County spend about $12.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each pizza place on map listings, 59% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which pizza places share with other businesses in the trade.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Wilkes County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 689 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only pizza places: fast food and sandwich shops are counted too.

Population estimates show Wilkes County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wilkes 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 Wilkes County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureWilkes CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.58.78.0
Spending per listing$2.1M$4.5M$5.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)689419478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,018$3,917$4,070
Median household income$52,043$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
103
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
64 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Wilkes 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 Wilkes County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,540−0.1% since 2020
Households
4,133
Median age
45.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
470 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$52,043
Average household income
$74,862
Median home value
$122,700
Jobs located here
2,582
Daytime population
7,620Residents 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 Wilkes 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
Wilkes County, GANot scored614.5$2.1M−0.1%

Other business types in Wilkes County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many pizza places are in Wilkes County, GA?

There are 6 pizza places on map listings in Wilkes County as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count pizza restaurants. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (fast food and sandwich shops included), not only pizza places.

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

About $12.5M a year, or $3,018 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 pizza places on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per pizza place. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only pizza places. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,133 households in Wilkes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wilkes County has 14.5 pizza places per 10,000 households, 81% above the U.S. rate of 8.0. Spending per pizza place is $2.1M, 59% below the U.S. figure of $5.1M. At the national ratio of pizza places to household spending, Wilkes County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 689 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Wilkes County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Wilkes County at 9,540 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,133 households. The median household income in Wilkes County is $52,043 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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