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Fast food and sandwich shops in Stanislaus County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Stanislaus County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,439 of 2,222 scored counties
#44 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 271
- 241 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 432
- All limited-service restaurants · +11.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $710.9M
- On food away from home · $3,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.2
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 557,719
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Stanislaus County spend about $710.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,997 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Stanislaus County has 271 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 15.2 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Stanislaus County was 432 in 2023, up 11.6% from 2019. That is one for every 412 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 107 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Stanislaus County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stanislaus County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Stanislaus County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,439 of 2,222 scored counties and #44 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Stanislaus 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.
| Measure | Stanislaus County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.2 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 412 | 392 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.6% | +6.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,997 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,468 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 387 → 432All limited-service restaurants · +11.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,393
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $188.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 107All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 271241 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 233The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 557,719+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 177,874
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,496 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 370
- Median household income
- $81,468+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,867
- Median home value
- $450,100
- Jobs located here
- 196,740
- Daytime population
- 519,901Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 85 | 21 | 7.3 | $5.2M | +8.2% | #54 of 2,222 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 82 | 21 | 10.2 | $4.8M | +8.6% | #95 of 2,222 |
| 3Amador County, CA | 79 | 16 | 9.9 | $4.1M | +3.2% | #151 of 2,222 |
| 4Calaveras County, CA | 77 | 14 | 7.6 | $5.3M | +2.8% | #180 of 2,222 |
| 5Nevada County, CA | 72 | 45 | 10.5 | $4.1M | −0.4% | #304 of 2,222 |
| 6Contra Costa County, CA | 69 | 414 | 10.0 | $5.2M | +0.3% | #384 of 2,222 |
| 7El Dorado County, CA | 68 | 87 | 11.4 | $4.2M | +0.6% | #425 of 2,222 |
| 8Marin County, CA | 67 | 97 | 9.4 | $5.9M | −2.9% | #455 of 2,222 |
| 9Sonoma County, CA | 67 | 214 | 11.2 | $4.2M | −0.4% | #464 of 2,222 |
| 10Lake County, CA | 66 | 20 | 7.4 | $4.7M | −0.6% | #498 of 2,222 |
| 44Stanislaus County, CA | 42 | 271 | 15.2 | $2.6M | +0.7% | #1,439 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Stanislaus County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Stanislaus County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 271 fast food and sandwich shops in Stanislaus County. 241 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 432 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.6% 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 107 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Stanislaus County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $710.9M a year, or $3,997 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 271 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 177,874 households in Stanislaus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stanislaus County, CA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Stanislaus County has 15.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Stanislaus County would have about 233, against 271 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 412 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Stanislaus County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Stanislaus County at 557,719 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 177,874 households. Median household income in Stanislaus County is $81,468, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Stanislaus County scores 42 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,439 of 2,222 scored counties.
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