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Sit-down restaurants in Burke County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in Burke County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,319 of 2,405 scored counties
#64 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 44
- 12 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.4M
- On food away from home · $3,312 a household
- Spending per listing
- $691K
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 47.9
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,408
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Burke County comes to about $30.4M a year: $3,312 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $691K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Burke County as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 27%, against 29% across the U.S. That is 47.9 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Burke County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 918 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Burke County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Burke County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For sit-down restaurants, Burke County has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #1,319 of 2,405 scored counties and #64 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Burke 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 | Burke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 47.9 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $691K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 918 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,312 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,014 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 85
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Burke 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 Burke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,408−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 9,184
- Median age
- 39.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $53,014+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,205
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,829
- Daytime population
- 24,943Residents 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 64Burke County, GA | 47 | 44 | 47.9 | $691K | −0.9% | #1,319 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Burke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Burke County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 44 sit-down restaurants in Burke County. 12 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Burke County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $30.4M a year, or $3,312 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $691K 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 9,184 households in Burke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Burke County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Burke County has 47.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $691K, 4% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Burke County would have about 46, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 918 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Burke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Burke County at 24,408 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,184 households. Median household income in Burke County is $53,014, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. Burke County scores 47 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,319 of 2,405 scored counties.
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