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Fast food and sandwich shops in Sevier County, AR

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Sevier County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,605 of 2,222 scored counties
#24 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
9
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$17M
On food away from home · $3,026 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.5
6% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,758
−0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $3,026 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Sevier County spend about $17M a year on food away from home. Spread across 7 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.4M per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Sevier County has 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.5, 6% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Sevier County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 625 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 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sevier County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For fast food and sandwich shops, Sevier County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,605 of 2,222 scored counties and #24 of 56 scored counties in Arkansas.

How Sevier County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Sevier County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureSevier CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.514.213.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)625506478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,026$3,400$4,070
Median household income$53,527$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score3731

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
200
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
77 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 limited-service restaurants in Sevier 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 Sevier County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,758−0.1% since 2020
Households
5,622
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
564 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$53,527+12.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,434
Median home value
$117,600
Jobs located here
5,255
Daytime population
14,735Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Sevier County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marion County, AR7256.5$4.5M+4.3%#302 of 2,222
2Saline County, AR715210.4$3.7M+7.6%#334 of 2,222
3Benton County, AR6616614.8$2.9M+16.0%#533 of 2,222
4Polk County, AR6556.3$4.8M+1.6%#536 of 2,222
5Lonoke County, AR643211.2$3.2M+3.5%#582 of 2,222
6Izard County, AR6259.6$3M+5.9%#661 of 2,222
7Grant County, AR62912.9$2.8M+4.1%#666 of 2,222
8Hot Spring County, AR61108.1$3.9M+1.1%#682 of 2,222
9Van Buren County, AR5879.4$3.1M+2.8%#821 of 2,222
10Conway County, AR56910.9$2.8M+3.2%#918 of 2,222
24Sevier County, AR37712.5$2.4M−0.1%#1,605 of 2,222

Other business types in Sevier County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Sevier County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 fast food and sandwich shops in Sevier County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sevier County, AR spend on food away from home?

About $17M a year, or $3,026 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 5,622 households in Sevier County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sevier County, AR compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Sevier County has 12.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Sevier County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 625 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Sevier County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Sevier County at 15,758 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,622 households. Median household income in Sevier County is $53,527, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.2%, 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. Sevier County scores 37 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,605 of 2,222 scored counties.

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