Spalding

What Spalding does

Spalding County, GA is a county government organization headquartered at 119 E. Solomon Street in Griffin, Georgia, founded in 1851. It provides statutory municipal services to residents and businesses across a 201-square-mile jurisdiction in west-central Georgia, situated 40 miles south of downtown Atlanta within the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area and bordered by Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Butts, Lamar, Pike, and Meriwether counties. The organization is professionally managed by County Manager Dr. Steve Ledbetter, employs 600+ staff, and operates on a $123 million annual budget.

The county delivers services through multiple departments including Public Safety (Sheriff, Fire, E-911 Communications, Correctional Institution), Courts (Clerk of Courts, Juvenile, Magistrate, Probate, State, Solicitor, Sentence Enforcement/Probation), Community Development (Planning & Zoning, Building Permits, Code Enforcement), Animal Care & Control, Parks and Leisure Services (17 parks and an Aquatic Center), Health Department, Senior Services, Tax Commissioner, Tax Assessor, and the Water Authority. Revenue is generated through property taxes (the Board of Commissioners adopted a full rollback rate for 2025), a 1% Local Option Sales Tax (LOST), voter-approved Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST/T-SPLOST) for capital projects such as road resurfacing, business and alcohol licensing fees for unincorporated area businesses, and court fines and service fees.

Service delivery combines physical offices distributed throughout Griffin with digital channels including Municipal Online Payments for traffic citations and court fines, a property tax portal, Government Window for probation payments, Tyler Odyssey for e-filed case access, Granicus for meeting transparency, and justFOIA for public records requests. Strategic partners include the City of Griffin, the University of Georgia through the Griffin-Spalding Archway Partnership, Three Rivers Regional Commission (transportation services), the Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce, and the Griffin-Spalding Development Authority. Note: input data also references a separate "Spalding Sports Equipment" entity in the basketball training equipment market; this appears to be cross-contaminated data and is not characteristic of the county government entity described in the firmographic and operational data.

Name

Spalding

Legal name

Spalding Sports Equipment

Website

https://spaldingcounty.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1851

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Spalding County, GA is a county government organization founded in 1851, providing municipal services — including public safety, courts, parks and recreation, licensing, and animal control — to residents and businesses across a 201-square-mile jurisdiction in Griffin, Georgia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

County Government Services

NAICS

Courts (922110), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922190), Correctional Institutions (92214)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Personal Services (7200)

akta.pro primary industry

City Clerk/Records, Elections & Civic Engagement (BPAIACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK), County/District/Local Health Departments (HLAJAAAB), Affordable Housing & Community Development (Housing, Community Land Trusts) (BPAGALAC)

Keywords

• County government services
• Public administration
• Municipal services
• Local government operations
• Public safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Griffin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Taxes: Spalding County generates revenue through property taxes, with the Board of Commissioners adopting a full rollback rate to lower property taxes for 2025.
2. Local Option Sales Tax (LOST): A 1% tax on tangible personal property and related services that supplements general funds and reduces property tax revenue.
3. Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST/T-SPLOST): voter-approved sales tax used for specific capital projects including road resurfacing and infrastructure improvements.
4. Business and Alcohol Licensing: Revenue generated from issuing business licenses to home and commercial-based businesses in unincorporated Spalding County.
5. Fees and Fines: County ordinance fines, traffic citations, and various service fees collected by courts and departments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Spalding County, GA is a county government organization that provides municipal services to residents and businesses within its 201-square-mile jurisdiction in west-central Georgia. Core services include public safety (Sheriff, Fire, 911 Communications), courts and probation, property tax collection, business and alcohol licensing, parks and leisure services (17 parks and an Aquatic Center), animal care and control, vital records, community development, building permits, planning and zoning, and a correctional institution.

Product overview

Spalding is a sports equipment manufacturer specializing in basketball training equipment. Based on market data, Spalding is identified as one of the key players in the global Basketball Training Equipment Market, alongside Nike (approximately 24% market share) and Adidas (approximately 18% market share). The company operates in a market valued at USD 960.31 million in 2025, projected to reach USD 1508.55 million by 2035. No additional product portfolio details, technology features, or product specifications are available from the provided sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Marriage License

Quantifiable outcome

• 17 parks around the county providing recreational facilities
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Griffin-Spalding Archway PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Georgia Archway Partnership program connecting the university with Spalding County for community development initiatives. Located at 100 South Hill Street, Ste. 505 Griffin, GA 30223
• Griffin-Spalding Chamber of CommercecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocated inside the Griffin Regional Welcome Center at 143 North Hill Street, Griffin, Georgia 30223. Phone: (770) 228-8200
• Griffin-Spalding Development AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic development authority for Spalding County at 109 E. Solomon Street, Ste. 100. Phone: (770) 412-9200
• Three Rivers Regional CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides public transportation services through contractual agreement with Spalding County
• City of GriffincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal partner located at 100 Hill Street, Griffin, GA. Phone: (770) 229-6400. Collaborates on various county initiatives and events
• Georgia Department of TransportationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerState agency hosting Public Information Open Houses for infrastructure projects affecting Spalding County, such as bridge replacement on State Route 16
• University of Georgia Griffin CampuscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUGA campus located at 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA. Phone: (770) 228-7306
• Southern Crescent Technical CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical college partner at 501 Varsity Drive, Griffin, GA. Phone: (770) 228-7348

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Coweta County, GA: Adjacent Georgia county serving a similar population with the same full county service mix (courts, public safety, parks, licensing) and a comparable budget scale to Spalding County.
• Paulding County, GA: West-metro Atlanta county comparable in size and growth profile, with analogous courts, parks, public safety, and voter-approved SPLOST capital programs.
• Columbus-Muscogee County, GA: Consolidated city-county government in Georgia operating similar courts, public safety, parks, and licensing functions at a comparable budget scale.
• Bartow County, GA: Northwest Atlanta-metro county of similar population (~110k) and structure, providing analogous courts, recreation, public safety, and licensing services.
• Cherokee County, GA: Metro Atlanta county similar in population scale, operating comparable county government services including courts, recreation, public safety, and business licensing.
• Columbia County, GA: Augusta-area Georgia county of similar population, operating comparable county government functions including courts, parks, public safety, and licensing.
• Henry County, GA: Adjacent metro Atlanta county of similar scale operating analogous courts, recreation, public safety, and SPLOST-funded capital project programs.
• Fayette County, GA: Adjacent Atlanta-metro county of similar population scale, offering a directly comparable suite of courts, parks, recreation, public safety, and licensing services.
• Hall County, GA: Mid-sized North Georgia county operating under a comparable county manager-led governance model with courts, parks, public safety, and licensing functions analogous to Spalding.
• Douglas County, GA: West-metro Atlanta county of similar population, offering a comparable suite of county government services with a similar property- and sales-tax-driven revenue mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/spaldingcoboc
• Facebookfacebook.com/SpaldingCountyGovernment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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