Food and drink · Metro area · Georgia
Sit-down restaurants in the Rome, GA metro area
The sit-down restaurants in the Rome, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #251 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 207
- 97 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- −1.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $129.6M
- On food away from home · $3,515 a household
- Spending per listing
- $626K
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 56.2
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,378
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 207 sit-down restaurants in the Rome metro area. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That is 56.2 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3.
At $3,515 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Rome metro area spend about $129.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $626K of household spending for each restaurant on map listings, 6% 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 the Rome metro area was 58 in 2023, down 1.7% from 2019. That is one for every 635 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $620K has gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Rome metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Rome metro area grew 2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Rome metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for sit-down restaurants, ranking #251 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Rome metro area 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 | Rome metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 56.2 | 66.0 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $626K | $593K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 635 | 514 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.7% | +5.5% | +1.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,515 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 58−1.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,532
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $34.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 19Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20797 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 195The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $620K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the Rome metro area, 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 the Rome metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,378+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 36,856
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 510 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $65,565+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,695
- Median home value
- $217,900
- Jobs located here
- 43,876
- Daytime population
- 99,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rome metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 442 | 59.4 | $642K | +8.2% | #114 of 387 |
| 2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 56 | 1,227 | 52.9 | $691K | +4.7% | #139 of 387 |
| 3Gainesville, GA | 56 | 434 | 59.0 | $676K | +11.4% | #140 of 387 |
| 4Hinesville, GA | 56 | 151 | 50.1 | $651K | +12.6% | #141 of 387 |
| 5Dalton, GA | 49 | 277 | 53.2 | $650K | +3.5% | #202 of 387 |
| 6Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 45 | 16,299 | 70.5 | $604K | +5.9% | #234 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 44 | 1,374 | 59.4 | $630K | +5.3% | #238 of 387 |
| 7Rome, GA | 43 | 207 | 56.2 | $626K | +2.8% | #251 of 387 |
| 8Athens-Clarke County, GA | 37 | 524 | 60.9 | $595K | +3.9% | #291 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 34 | 333 | 58.6 | $550K | +3.3% | #316 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rome metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the Rome, GA metro area?
There are 207 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the Rome metro area as of September 2026. 97 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.7% from 2019. Official counts list 19 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rome, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $129.6M a year, or $3,515 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 207 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $626K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. It is estimated from the incomes of the 36,856 households in the Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rome, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for sit-down restaurants?
The Rome metro area has 56.2 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $626K, 6% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the Rome metro area would have about 195, against 207 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 635 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the Rome, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rome metro area at 101,378 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,856 households. The median household income in the Rome metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. The Rome metro area scores 43 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #251 of 387 scored metro areas.
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