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Sit-down restaurants in Cook County, GA
The sit-down restaurants in Cook County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,250 of 2,405 scored counties
#63 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 41
- 18 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.6M
- On food away from home · $3,265 a household
- Spending per listing
- $502K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 65.0
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,232
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,265 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Cook County spend about $20.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $502K per restaurant, 24% below the U.S. figure of $664K. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants.
Cook County has 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 65.0 per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Cook County in 2023. That is one for every 1,261 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cook County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Cook County is 49 (lower middle), #1,250 of 2,405 scored counties and #63 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Cook 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 | Cook County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 65.0 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $502K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 1,261 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,265 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,651 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4118 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The 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 Cook 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 Cook County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,232+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 6,304
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 229 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $53,651+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,581
- Median home value
- $157,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,560
- Daytime population
- 15,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Cook County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the sit-down restaurants on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| 63Cook County, GA | 49 | 41 | 65.0 | $502K | +5.8% | #1,250 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Cook County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops32
- Pizza23
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Cook County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 sit-down restaurants in Cook County. 18 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cook County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $20.6M a year, or $3,265 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $502K 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 6,304 households in Cook County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cook County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Cook County has 65.0 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $502K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the U.S. ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Cook County would have about 31, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,261 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Cook County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cook County at 18,232 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,304 households. Median household income in Cook County is $53,651, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.2%, 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. Cook County scores 49 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #1,250 of 2,405 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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