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Fast food and sandwich shops in Archuleta County, CO
How Archuleta County, CO 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #563 of 2,222 scored counties
#11 of 35 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 9
- 7 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $23.3M
- On food away from home · $3,932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.2
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,306
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 fast food and sandwich shops in Archuleta County. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.2, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $3,932 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Archuleta County spend about $23.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Archuleta County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 658 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Archuleta County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Archuleta County has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #563 of 2,222 scored counties and #11 of 35 scored counties in Colorado.
How Archuleta County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Archuleta County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.2 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 658 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,932 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,065 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 137
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 97 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Archuleta 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 Archuleta County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,306+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,921
- Median age
- 50.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,350 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 10
- Median household income
- $83,065+59.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,901
- Median home value
- $478,100
- Jobs located here
- 4,733
- Daytime population
- 13,522Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Archuleta County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 97 | 8 | 8.0 | $6.5M | +16.5% | #2 of 2,222 |
| 2Douglas County, CO | 82 | 161 | 11.5 | $4.9M | +10.9% | #94 of 2,222 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 81 | 149 | 12.0 | $3.6M | +14.2% | #115 of 2,222 |
| 4Montezuma County, CO | 72 | 10 | 8.9 | $3.9M | +3.0% | #308 of 2,222 |
| 5Delta County, CO | 69 | 9 | 6.9 | $4.8M | +3.6% | #386 of 2,222 |
| 6Broomfield County, CO | 69 | 41 | 12.9 | $4M | +6.3% | #395 of 2,222 |
| 7Larimer County, CO | 68 | 186 | 12.1 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #434 of 2,222 |
| 8Adams County, CO | 67 | 236 | 12.5 | $3.5M | +6.6% | #477 of 2,222 |
| 9Teller County, CO | 66 | 14 | 11.8 | $3.4M | 0.0% | #516 of 2,222 |
| 10Morgan County, CO | 66 | 12 | 10.8 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #525 of 2,222 |
| 11Archuleta County, CO | 65 | 9 | 15.2 | $2.6M | +6.6% | #563 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Archuleta County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants34
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Archuleta County, CO?
There are 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Archuleta County as of September 2026. 7 of them (78%) 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. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in Archuleta County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $23.3M a year, or $3,932 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 5,921 households in Archuleta County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Archuleta County, CO compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Archuleta 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, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Archuleta County would have about 8, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 658 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Archuleta County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Archuleta County at 14,306 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,921 households. The median household income in Archuleta County is $83,065 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.1% 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. Archuleta County scores 65 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #563 of 2,222 scored counties.
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