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Fast food and sandwich shops in Navajo County, AZ
How Navajo County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,648 of 2,222 scored counties
#12 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 58
- 53 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- 72
- All limited-service restaurants · −4.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $125.1M
- On food away from home · $3,123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 109,946
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Navajo County comes to about $125.1M a year: $3,123 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Navajo County has 58 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 91% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 14.5 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Navajo County was 72 in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 556 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Navajo County.
Population estimates put the population change in Navajo County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Navajo County is 36 (lower middle), #1,648 of 2,222 scored counties and #12 of 14 scored counties in Arizona.
How Navajo County compares
The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the fast food and sandwich shops 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 | Navajo County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 556 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.0% | +13.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,123 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,606 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 75 → 72All limited-service restaurants · −4.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,415
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5853 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
- 4
- Amount
- $3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Navajo 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in Navajo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 109,946+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 40,063
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 9,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $54,606+36.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,874
- Median home value
- $201,500
- Jobs located here
- 26,234
- Daytime population
- 104,760Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Navajo County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 86 | 154 | 9.5 | $4.1M | +25.4% | #46 of 2,222 |
| 2Yavapai County, AZ | 74 | 114 | 10.3 | $3.6M | +6.5% | #259 of 2,222 |
| 3Graham County, AZ | 59 | 13 | 10.2 | $3.4M | +4.0% | #780 of 2,222 |
| 4Maricopa County, AZ | 59 | 2,429 | 14.0 | $3M | +5.5% | #790 of 2,222 |
| 5Yuma County, AZ | 58 | 91 | 11.5 | $2.9M | +9.2% | #828 of 2,222 |
| 6Pima County, AZ | 57 | 544 | 12.4 | $3M | +2.8% | #864 of 2,222 |
| 7Mohave County, AZ | 57 | 123 | 12.1 | $2.7M | +6.5% | #870 of 2,222 |
| 8Apache County, AZ | 49 | 20 | 9.5 | $3M | −2.2% | #1,173 of 2,222 |
| 9Gila County, AZ | 47 | 30 | 12.7 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #1,269 of 2,222 |
| 10Santa Cruz County, AZ | 47 | 22 | 13.0 | $2.5M | +4.8% | #1,282 of 2,222 |
| 12Navajo County, AZ | 36 | 58 | 14.5 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #1,648 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Navajo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza45
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops63
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
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Funeral services
Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Navajo County, AZ?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 fast food and sandwich shops in Navajo County. 53 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 4.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Navajo County, AZ spend on food away from home?
About $125.1M a year, or $3,123 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 40,063 households in Navajo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Navajo County, AZ compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Navajo County has 14.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Navajo County would have about 41, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 556 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Navajo County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Navajo County at 109,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,063 households. Median household income in Navajo County is $54,606, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.3%, 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. Navajo County scores 36 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,648 of 2,222 scored counties.
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