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Restaurants and cafes in Fannin County, GA
How Fannin County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for restaurants and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,237 of 2,405 scored counties
#113 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 180
- 38 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- +18.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $40.6M
- On food away from home · $3,414 a household
- Spending per listing
- $226K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 151.4
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,111
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Fannin County has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #2,237 of 2,405 scored counties and #113 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 180 restaurants and cafes in Fannin County. 38 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That is 151.4 per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Households in Fannin County spend about $40.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,414 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $226K per restaurant, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fannin County was 72 in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fannin County. Population estimates put the population change in Fannin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fannin 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 restaurants and cafes 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 | Fannin County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 151.4 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $226K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 165 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.0% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,414 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,073 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61 → 72+18.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,024
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18038 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Fannin 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.
Population and households in Fannin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,111+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,890
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 387 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $57,073+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,264
- Median home value
- $306,600
- Jobs located here
- 7,057
- Daytime population
- 24,230Residents 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 | 92 | 351 | 58.5 | $737K | +12.7% | #15 of 2,405 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 92 | 80 | 61.4 | $713K | +6.8% | #16 of 2,405 |
| 3Oglethorpe County, GA | 90 | 24 | 44.4 | $827K | +10.4% | #21 of 2,405 |
| 4Pike County, GA | 90 | 37 | 55.1 | $726K | +10.5% | #24 of 2,405 |
| 5Effingham County, GA | 90 | 150 | 61.8 | $661K | +14.1% | #27 of 2,405 |
| 6Lee County, GA | 87 | 54 | 43.9 | $901K | +2.9% | #39 of 2,405 |
| 7Monroe County, GA | 86 | 86 | 81.5 | $496K | +14.1% | #55 of 2,405 |
| 8Long County, GA | 85 | 21 | 34.1 | $958K | +32.6% | #57 of 2,405 |
| 9Jones County, GA | 83 | 44 | 40.8 | $908K | +2.8% | #79 of 2,405 |
| 10Jasper County, GA | 83 | 31 | 52.0 | $677K | +20.2% | #83 of 2,405 |
| 113Fannin County, GA | 23 | 180 | 151.4 | $226K | +2.6% | #2,237 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Fannin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes38
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Fannin County, GA?
There are 180 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Fannin County as of September 2026. 38 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Fannin County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $40.6M a year, or $3,414 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 180 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $226K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 11,890 households in Fannin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fannin County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Fannin County has 151.4 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $226K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Fannin County would have about 110, against 180 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 165 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Fannin County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Fannin County at 26,111 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,890 households. The median household income in Fannin County is $57,073 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Fannin County scores 23 for restaurants and cafes (low), #2,237 of 2,405 scored counties.
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