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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #110 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 426
- 373 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 589
- All limited-service restaurants · +14.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On food away from home · $4,249 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 781,796
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 426 fast food and sandwich shops in the Colorado Springs metro area. Of those, 373 are chain locations, or 88%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.1, 6% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Colorado Springs metro area comes to about $1.3B a year: $4,249 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with 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.
Official counts show 589 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Colorado Springs metro area in 2023, up 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 513 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. Official counts list 115 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $16.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Colorado Springs metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Colorado Springs metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in the Colorado Springs metro area is 64 (upper middle), #110 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado.
How the Colorado Springs metro area 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 | Colorado Springs metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 513 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.8% | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,249 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,144 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 589All limited-service restaurants · +14.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 13,004
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $271.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 115All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 426373 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 421The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 35
- Amount
- $16.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Colorado Springs 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 Colorado Springs metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 781,796+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 302,050
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,684 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 286
- Median household income
- $90,144+31.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,390
- Median home value
- $461,800
- Jobs located here
- 292,224
- Daytime population
- 748,721Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Colorado Springs metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 89 | 149 | 12.0 | $3.6M | +14.2% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 72 | 1,554 | 12.7 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #61 of 387 |
| 3Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 72 | 186 | 12.1 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #62 of 387 |
| 4Colorado Springs, CO | 64 | 426 | 14.1 | $3M | +3.1% | #110 of 387 |
| 5Grand Junction, CO | 63 | 86 | 13.1 | $2.9M | +4.4% | #117 of 387 |
| 6Boulder, CO | 62 | 185 | 13.5 | $3.5M | −0.7% | #120 of 387 |
| 7Pueblo, CO | 37 | 101 | 14.7 | $2.4M | +0.6% | #277 of 387 |
Other business types in the Colorado Springs metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops64
- Pizza73
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops68
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Colorado Springs, CO metro area?
There are 426 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Colorado Springs metro area as of September 2026. 373 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 589 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 14.8% 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 Colorado Springs, CO metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.3B a year, or $4,249 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 426 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 302,050 households in the Colorado Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Colorado Springs, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Colorado Springs metro area has 14.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Colorado Springs metro area would have about 421, against 426 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Colorado Springs, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Colorado Springs metro area at 781,796 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 302,050 households. The median household income in the Colorado Springs metro area is $90,144 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.2% 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 Colorado Springs metro area scores 64 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #110 of 387 scored metro areas.
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