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Fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County, CO

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 97 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #2 of 2,222 scored counties
#1 of 35 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
8
8 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
10
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$52.1M
On food away from home · $5,209 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,534
+16.5% since 2020

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What this means

Elbert County scores 97 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #2 of 2,222 scored counties and #1 of 35 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.

Households in Elbert County spend about $52.1M a year on food away from home, or $5,209 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M per shop, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Elbert County has 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Elbert County in 2023. That is one for every 1,000 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $425K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Elbert County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Elbert County grew 16.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Elbert 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureElbert CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.012.913.3
Spending per listing$6.5M$3.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,000500478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.5%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$5,209$4,421$4,070
Median household income$132,685$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score9765

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 10All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
249
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
88 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$425K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
30,534+16.5% since 2020
Households
10,004
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
95%
Vehicles per household
2.8
Land area
1,851 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$132,685+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$161,186
Median home value
$709,800
Jobs located here
4,921
Daytime population
17,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Colorado

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

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Elbert County, CO9788.0$6.5M+16.5%#2 of 2,222
2Douglas County, CO8216111.5$4.9M+10.9%#94 of 2,222
3Weld County, CO8114912.0$3.6M+14.2%#115 of 2,222
4Montezuma County, CO72108.9$3.9M+3.0%#308 of 2,222
5Delta County, CO6996.9$4.8M+3.6%#386 of 2,222
6Broomfield County, CO694112.9$4M+6.3%#395 of 2,222
7Larimer County, CO6818612.1$3.6M+4.8%#434 of 2,222
8Adams County, CO6723612.5$3.5M+6.6%#477 of 2,222
9Teller County, CO661411.8$3.4M0.0%#516 of 2,222
10Morgan County, CO661210.8$3.2M+4.2%#525 of 2,222

Other business types in Elbert 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 Elbert County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Elbert County. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 10 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 list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Elbert County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $52.1M a year, or $5,209 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 10,004 households in Elbert County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Elbert County has 8.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $6.5M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Elbert County would have about 17, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,000 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Elbert County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Elbert County at 30,534 people in 2025, up 16.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,004 households. Median household income in Elbert County is $132,685, 64% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Elbert County scores 97 for fast food and sandwich shops (very high), #2 of 2,222 scored counties.

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