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Restaurants and cafes in Paulding County, GA
The restaurants and cafes in Paulding County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 92 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #15 of 2,405 scored counties
#1 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 351
- 192 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 176
- +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $258.8M
- On food away from home · $4,313 a household
- Spending per listing
- $737K
- 99% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 58.5
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 190,996
- +12.7% since 2020
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What this means
Paulding County scores 92 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes, ranking #15 of 2,405 scored counties and #1 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for restaurants and cafes.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 351 restaurants and cafes in Paulding County. Of those, 192 are chain locations, or 55%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 58.5 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 109.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Paulding County comes to about $258.8M a year: $4,313 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 351 restaurants and cafes, that is $737K per restaurant, 99% above the U.S. figure of $371K.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in Paulding County was 176 in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. That is one for every 341 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Paulding County. Population estimates show Paulding County grew 12.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Paulding 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 | Paulding County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 58.5 | 109.9 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $737K | $356K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 341 | 203 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.1% | +10.2% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,313 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $98,031 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 92 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 157 → 176+12.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,180
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $80.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 60Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 351192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 698The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in Paulding 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 Paulding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 190,996+12.7% since 2020
- Households
- 60,008
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 573
- Median household income
- $98,031+43.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,444
- Median home value
- $326,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,361
- Daytime population
- 119,651Residents 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 |
Other business types in Paulding County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes92
- Sit-down restaurants91
- Fast food and sandwich shops85
- Pizza88
- Coffee shops and cafes93
- Bakeries and dessert shops94
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in Paulding County, GA?
There are 351 restaurants and cafes on map listings in Paulding County as of September 2026. 192 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 176 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019. Official counts list 60 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Paulding County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $258.8M a year, or $4,313 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 351 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $737K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 60,008 households in Paulding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Paulding County, GA compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
Paulding County has 58.5 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $737K, 99% above the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, Paulding County would have about 698, against 351 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 341 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Paulding County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Paulding County at 190,996 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,008 households. The median household income in Paulding County is $98,031 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.4% 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. Paulding County scores 92 for restaurants and cafes (very high), #15 of 2,405 scored counties.
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