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Fast food and sandwich shops in Colusa County, CA

How Colusa County, CA 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,302 of 2,222 scored counties
#43 of 53 scored counties in California

Listings
10
8 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
15
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On food away from home · $3,755 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
8% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,836
−0.1% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Colusa County comes to about $28.2M a year: $3,755 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Colusa County has 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 80%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Colusa County in 2023. That is one for every 501 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Colusa County.

Population estimates put the population change in Colusa County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Colusa County is 46 (lower middle), #1,302 of 2,222 scored counties and #43 of 53 scored counties in California.

How Colusa County 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Colusa County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureColusa CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.312.913.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)501392478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,755$4,559$4,070
Median household income$75,672$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score4649

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 15All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
129
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
108 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$15K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Colusa 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 Colusa County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,836−0.1% since 2020
Households
7,512
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,151 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$75,672+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,368
Median home value
$393,400
Jobs located here
8,154
Daytime population
21,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yuba County, CA85217.3$5.2M+8.2%#54 of 2,222
2San Benito County, CA822110.2$4.8M+8.6%#95 of 2,222
3Amador County, CA79169.9$4.1M+3.2%#151 of 2,222
4Calaveras County, CA77147.6$5.3M+2.8%#180 of 2,222
5Nevada County, CA724510.5$4.1M−0.4%#304 of 2,222
6Contra Costa County, CA6941410.0$5.2M+0.3%#384 of 2,222
7El Dorado County, CA688711.4$4.2M+0.6%#425 of 2,222
8Marin County, CA67979.4$5.9M−2.9%#455 of 2,222
9Sonoma County, CA6721411.2$4.2M−0.4%#464 of 2,222
10Lake County, CA66207.4$4.7M−0.6%#498 of 2,222
43Colusa County, CA461013.3$2.8M−0.1%#1,302 of 2,222

Other business types in Colusa County

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

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Colusa County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 fast food and sandwich shops in Colusa County. 8 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 15 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Colusa County, CA spend on food away from home?

About $28.2M a year, or $3,755 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 7,512 households in Colusa County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Colusa County has 13.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Colusa County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 501 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Colusa County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Colusa County at 21,836 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,512 households. Median household income in Colusa County is $75,672, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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. Colusa County scores 46 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,302 of 2,222 scored counties.

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