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Sit-down restaurants in Meriwether County, GA
How Meriwether 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #870 of 2,405 scored counties
#44 of 124 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 37
- 10 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On food away from home · $3,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- $728K
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 44.1
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,516
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 37 sit-down restaurants in Meriwether County. 10 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 29% across the U.S. That is 44.1 per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,210 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Meriwether County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $728K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 10% above 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.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in Meriwether County in 2023. That is one for every 839 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Meriwether County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants in Meriwether County is 57 (upper middle), #870 of 2,405 scored counties and #44 of 124 scored counties in Georgia.
How Meriwether 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 | Meriwether County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 44.1 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $728K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 839 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,210 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,340 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 66
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Meriwether 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 Meriwether County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,516+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,391
- Median age
- 42.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 501 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $57,340+54.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,311
- Median home value
- $168,800
- Jobs located here
- 4,267
- Daytime population
- 16,127Residents 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 |
| 44Meriwether County, GA | 57 | 37 | 44.1 | $728K | +4.4% | #870 of 2,405 |
Other business types in Meriwether County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in Meriwether County, GA?
Meriwether County has 37 sit-down restaurants on map listings as of September 2026. 10 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Meriwether County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $26.9M a year, or $3,210 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $728K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,391 households in Meriwether County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meriwether County, GA compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
Meriwether County has 44.1 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $728K, 10% above the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, Meriwether County would have about 41, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 839 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S.
How fast is Meriwether County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Meriwether County at 21,516 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,391 households. The median household income in Meriwether County is $57,340 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 54.5% 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. Meriwether County scores 57 for sit-down restaurants (upper middle), #870 of 2,405 scored counties.
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