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Sit-down restaurants in Carroll County, GA
How Carroll 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,187 of 2,405 scored counties
#59 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 249
- 107 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- −4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $159.1M
- On food away from home · $3,607 a household
- Spending per listing
- $639K
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,036
- +9.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 249 sit-down restaurants in Carroll County. 107 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.5 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Households in Carroll County spend about $159.1M a year on food away from home, or $3,607 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $639K per restaurant, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Carroll County was 80 in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 551 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Carroll County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carroll County grew 9.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For sit-down restaurants, Carroll County has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #1,187 of 2,405 scored counties and #59 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Carroll 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 | Carroll County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.5 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $639K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 551 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.8% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,607 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,714 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 84 → 80−4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,757
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $35.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 249107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 240The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,036+9.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,106
- Median age
- 36.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 250
- Median household income
- $73,714+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,516
- Median home value
- $255,100
- Jobs located here
- 44,150
- Daytime population
- 111,823Residents 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 Carroll 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 |
| 59Carroll County, GA | 50 | 249 | 56.5 | $639K | +9.8% | #1,187 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes49
- Sit-down restaurants50
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Carroll County, GA?
There are 249 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Carroll County as of September 2026. 107 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. Official counts list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Carroll County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $159.1M a year, or $3,607 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 249 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $639K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,106 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Carroll County has 56.5 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $639K, 4% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Carroll County would have about 240, against 249 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 551 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 131,036 people in 2025, up 9.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,106 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $73,714 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Carroll County scores 50 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #1,187 of 2,405 scored counties.
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