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Restaurants and cafes in Gilmer County, GA
How Gilmer 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,714 of 2,405 scored counties
#84 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 147
- 55 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 70
- +20.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $46.2M
- On food away from home · $3,553 a household
- Spending per listing
- $315K
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 112.9
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,894
- +7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Gilmer County spend about $46.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,553 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 147 restaurants and cafes, that is $315K per restaurant, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
Gilmer County has 147 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 112.9 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 70 businesses with payroll in Gilmer County classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 20.7% from 2019. That is one for every 186 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Official counts also show 12 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $624K has gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Gilmer County.
Population estimates show Gilmer County grew 7.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Gilmer County scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #1,714 of 2,405 scored counties and #84 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Gilmer 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 | Gilmer County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 112.9 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $315K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 186 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.7% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,553 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,499 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58 → 70+20.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,062
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 14755 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 125The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $624K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Gilmer 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 Gilmer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,894+7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,015
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 426 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $74,499+41.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,676
- Median home value
- $314,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,408
- Daytime population
- 28,856Residents 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 |
| 84Gilmer County, GA | 38 | 147 | 112.9 | $315K | +7.9% | #1,714 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Gilmer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Gilmer County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 147 restaurants and cafes in Gilmer County. 55 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 70 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 20.7% from 2019. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Gilmer County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $46.2M a year, or $3,553 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 147 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $315K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,015 households in Gilmer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gilmer County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Gilmer County has 112.9 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $315K, 15% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Gilmer County would have about 125, against 147 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 186 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Gilmer County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Gilmer County at 33,894 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,015 households. Median household income in Gilmer County is $74,499, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.6%, 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. Gilmer County scores 38 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #1,714 of 2,405 scored counties.
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