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Sit-down restaurants in Clarke County, GA
The sit-down restaurants in Clarke County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 21 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,295 of 2,405 scored counties
#115 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 386
- 163 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 121
- +0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $178.4M
- On food away from home · $3,277 a household
- Spending per listing
- $462K
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 70.9
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,921
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Clarke County is 21 (low), #2,295 of 2,405 scored counties and #115 of 124 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Clarke County spend about $178.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,277 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $462K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
There are 386 sit-down restaurants on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. Of those, 163 are chain locations, or 42%, against 29% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 70.9, 16% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Clarke County was 121 in 2023, up 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 450 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Clarke County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clarke County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clarke 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 | Clarke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 70.9 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $462K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 450 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +0.8% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,277 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,625 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 21 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 120 → 121+0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,403
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $69M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 386163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 269The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,921+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 54,454
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,086
- Median household income
- $53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,676
- Median home value
- $298,900
- Jobs located here
- 71,696
- Daytime population
- 151,489Residents 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 |
| 115Clarke County, GA | 21 | 386 | 70.9 | $462K | +1.0% | #2,295 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Clarke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants21
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops27
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Clarke County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 386 sit-down restaurants in Clarke County. 163 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 121 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.8% from 2019. Official counts list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $178.4M a year, or $3,277 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 386 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $462K 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 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Clarke County has 70.9 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $462K, 30% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Clarke County would have about 269, against 386 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 450 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 21 for sit-down restaurants (low), #2,295 of 2,405 scored counties.
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