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Sit-down restaurants in Barrow County, GA
How Barrow County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for sit-down restaurants: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #328 of 2,405 scored counties
#26 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 155
- 73 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- +17.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $117.4M
- On food away from home · $3,813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $757K
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 50.3
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,773
- +18.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Barrow County spend about $117.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,813 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $757K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 14% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Barrow County has 155 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 73 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 50.3 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Barrow County was 41 in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. That is one for every 751 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Barrow County from 2020 to 2025 at +18.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Barrow County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #328 of 2,405 scored counties and #26 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Barrow 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 sit-down restaurants 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 | Barrow County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 50.3 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $757K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 751 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +17.1% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +18.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,813 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,653 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35 → 41+17.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 688
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15573 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 177The 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 full-service restaurants in Barrow 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 Barrow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,773+18.7% since 2020
- Households
- 30,789
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 161 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $80,653+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,651
- Median home value
- $294,700
- Jobs located here
- 23,333
- Daytime population
- 69,296Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Barrow County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Effingham County, GA | 92 | 90 | 37.1 | $1.1M | +14.1% | #14 of 2,405 |
| 2Paulding County, GA | 91 | 197 | 32.8 | $1.3M | +12.7% | #17 of 2,405 |
| 3Pike County, GA | 89 | 23 | 34.2 | $1.2M | +10.5% | #32 of 2,405 |
| 4Lee County, GA | 88 | 29 | 23.6 | $1.7M | +2.9% | #35 of 2,405 |
| 5Long County, GA | 85 | 12 | 19.5 | $1.7M | +32.6% | #59 of 2,405 |
| 6Oglethorpe County, GA | 84 | 17 | 31.4 | $1.2M | +10.4% | #73 of 2,405 |
| 7Jones County, GA | 83 | 25 | 23.2 | $1.6M | +2.8% | #81 of 2,405 |
| 8Forsyth County, GA | 82 | 433 | 48.6 | $1.1M | +11.8% | #93 of 2,405 |
| 9Jasper County, GA | 82 | 20 | 33.5 | $1M | +20.2% | #94 of 2,405 |
| 10Monroe County, GA | 80 | 56 | 53.1 | $762K | +14.1% | #133 of 2,405 |
| 26Barrow County, GA | 72 | 155 | 50.3 | $757K | +18.7% | #328 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Barrow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes73
- Sit-down restaurants72
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes83
- Bakeries and dessert shops77
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Barrow County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 155 sit-down restaurants in Barrow County. 73 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 17.1% from 2019. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Barrow County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $117.4M a year, or $3,813 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 155 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $757K per restaurant. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 30,789 households in Barrow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barrow County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Barrow County has 50.3 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $757K, 14% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Barrow County would have about 177, against 155 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 751 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Barrow County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Barrow County at 99,773 people in 2025, up 18.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,789 households. Median household income in Barrow County is $80,653, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. Barrow County scores 72 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #328 of 2,405 scored counties.
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