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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #344 of 387 scored metro areas
#24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 483
- 410 chain locations (85%)
- Official establishments
- 717
- All limited-service restaurants · +8.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On food away from home · $3,702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.0
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 927,068
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area is 24 (low), #344 of 387 scored metro areas and #24 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 483 fast food and sandwich shops in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area. Of those, 410 are chain locations, or 85%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 17.0 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area comes to about $1.1B a year: $3,702 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 717 businesses with payroll in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 23 SBA-backed loans worth $16M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bakersfield-Delano metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Bakersfield-Delano metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.0 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.3% | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,702 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,210 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 717All limited-service restaurants · +8.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 14,090
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $313.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 115All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 483410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 346The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 23
- Amount
- $16M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Bakersfield-Delano 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. These official figures cover all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Population and households in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 927,068+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 284,931
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $70,210+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,147
- Median home value
- $338,300
- Jobs located here
- 302,967
- Daytime population
- 882,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in California, with the Bakersfield-Delano metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 74 | 214 | 11.2 | $4.2M | −0.4% | #49 of 387 |
| 2Napa, CA | 73 | 58 | 11.7 | $4.2M | −3.3% | #53 of 387 |
| 3Yuba City, CA | 73 | 62 | 10.0 | $3.9M | +3.3% | #54 of 387 |
| 4Vallejo, CA | 65 | 202 | 12.8 | $3.5M | +0.6% | #100 of 387 |
| 5Stockton-Lodi, CA | 62 | 330 | 13.5 | $3.2M | +5.5% | #121 of 387 |
| 6San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 61 | 777 | 11.4 | $5M | −0.6% | #124 of 387 |
| 7Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 61 | 1,135 | 12.9 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #127 of 387 |
| 8Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 60 | 114 | 11.8 | $4.1M | −4.7% | #132 of 387 |
| 9San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 59 | 1,892 | 10.8 | $4.9M | −2.4% | #137 of 387 |
| 10Redding, CA | 59 | 79 | 11.1 | $3.4M | −0.3% | #138 of 387 |
| 24Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 24 | 483 | 17.0 | $2.2M | +2.3% | #344 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops24
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area?
There are 483 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area as of September 2026. 410 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 717 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 115 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,702 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 483 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 284,931 households in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Bakersfield-Delano metro area has 17.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Bakersfield-Delano metro area would have about 346, against 483 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bakersfield-Delano metro area at 927,068 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 284,931 households. The median household income in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area is $70,210 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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 Bakersfield-Delano metro area scores 24 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #344 of 387 scored metro areas.
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