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Commerce is a city in Jackson County and Banks County, Georgia, 70 mile (113 km) northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,387.

Before European settlers arrived, the area around present day Commerce was inhabited by the Creek and the Cherokee people. Historians describe a territorial war between the Creeks and Cherokees over the land in the county during the 1770s. The Lacoda Trail, which extended from present day Athens to the north Georgia mountains, was a significant trade and travel route through this area. (Georgia State Route 334, which follows a 9 mile (14 km) section of this ancient trail, was designated the "Lacoda Trail Memorial Parkway" by the Georgia General Assembly in 1998.) The Cherokee ceded their disputed lands east of the Oconee River in the Treaty of Augusta (1783) and the Creeks did likewise in their own Treaty of Augusta (1783) and the Treaty of Galphinton (1785).

The first permanent white settlement in Jackson County began near present day Commerce on January 20, 1784, when German immigrant William Dunson was awarded a land grant on Little Sandy Creek. The settlement was named "Groaning Rock", It served various purposes over the years, including the manufacture of denim overalls and the earliest production of electricity in the city. The mill village created to house employees makes up a significant portion of the homes on the southeast end of Commerce today. The mill had been in operation under various corporations until the spring of 2004, when it closed operations and was sold; it has been used for warehouse storage space since, and is currently for sale. The building is still a major feature of the city. Near the end of the 19th century, many began to feel that the name "Harmony Grove" was too long to write and sounded too much like a country village. In addition, many didn't like the fact that mail frequently went to another post office by the same name in Dawson County. Harmony Grove was reincorporated and renamed "Commerce" on August 6, 1904, in an effort to address these concerns and reflect the city's commercial dominance in the north Georgia cotton trade. In 1959, a series of controversial town hall meetings were held to try to convince members of the federal Interstate Highway System to re route the proposed Interstate 85, originally planned to go through Gainesville (Hall County), through Commerce and Lavonia (Franklin County). The proposal was changed, and the interstate was routed through Jackson County. Even more so than the railroad nearly a century before, this major transportation artery brought tremendous commercial advantage to Commerce, at a time it desperately needed it.

Commerce is located in northeastern Jackson County at (34.206520, 83.461203). Interstate 85 runs through the northern part of the city, with access from Exits 147 and 149. I 85 leads southwest 70 mile (113 km) to Atlanta and northeast 78 mile (126 km) to Greenville, South Carolina. U. S. Route 441 runs along the eastern border of Commerce, leading north 27 mile (43 km) to Demorest and south 19 mile (31 km) to Athens. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, Commerce has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.77%, are water. Commerce sits on a drainage divide between tributaries of the Oconee River to the southwest and tributaries of the Savannah River to the northeast.

+Commerce racial composition as of 2020RaceNum. Pct. White (non Hispanic)5,31171.9%Black or African American (non Hispanic)88611.99%Native American120.16%Asian1291.75%Pacific Islander10.01%Other/Mixed2843.84%Hispanic or Latino76410.34%
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,387 people, 2,547 households, and 1,824 families residing in the city.