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Restaurants and cafes in Murray County, GA
How Murray 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #192 of 2,405 scored counties
#20 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 88
- 45 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- −2.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On food away from home · $3,417 a household
- Spending per listing
- $592K
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 57.7
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,607
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
For restaurants and cafes, Murray County has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #192 of 2,405 scored counties and #20 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Households in Murray County spend about $52.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,417 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $592K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 60% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
There are 88 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Murray County as of September 2026. 45 of them (51%) are chain locations, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 57.7 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Murray County in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. That is one for every 412 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Murray County grew 4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Murray 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 | Murray County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 57.7 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $592K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 412 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.6% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,417 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,253 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 38 → 37−2.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 586
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8845 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 141The 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 restaurants and other eating places in Murray 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 Murray County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,607+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 15,246
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 345 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 118
- Median household income
- $69,253+44.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,906
- Median home value
- $180,700
- Jobs located here
- 8,224
- Daytime population
- 30,262Residents 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 |
| 20Murray County, GA | 77 | 88 | 57.7 | $592K | +4.0% | #192 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Murray County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes77
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops73
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Murray County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 88 restaurants and cafes in Murray County. 45 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, down 2.6% from 2019. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Murray County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $52.1M a year, or $3,417 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 88 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $592K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,246 households in Murray County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Murray County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Murray County has 57.7 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $592K, 60% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the U.S. ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Murray County would have about 141, against 88 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Murray County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Murray County at 41,607 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,246 households. Median household income in Murray County is $69,253, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.2%, 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. Murray County scores 77 for restaurants and cafes (high), #192 of 2,405 scored counties.
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