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Fast food and sandwich shops in Montezuma County, CO
How Montezuma 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #308 of 2,222 scored counties
#4 of 35 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 10
- 10 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $39.2M
- On food away from home · $3,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,678
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 fast food and sandwich shops in Montezuma County. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 33% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Montezuma County comes to about $39.2M a year: $3,480 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.9M per shop, 29% above 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 Montezuma County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 805 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $971K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Montezuma County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Montezuma County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Montezuma County scores 72 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #308 of 2,222 scored counties and #4 of 35 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Montezuma 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 | Montezuma County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 805 | 500 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,480 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,244 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 65 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 307
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1010 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $971K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Montezuma 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 Montezuma County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,678+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,269
- Median age
- 46.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,029 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $65,244+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,506
- Median home value
- $331,400
- Jobs located here
- 9,333
- Daytime population
- 25,163Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
Other business types in Montezuma County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops72
- Pizza73
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Montezuma County, CO?
There are 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Montezuma County as of September 2026. 10 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 14 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Montezuma County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $39.2M a year, or $3,480 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 11,269 households in Montezuma County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montezuma County, CO compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Montezuma County has 8.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Montezuma County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 805 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Montezuma County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Montezuma County at 26,678 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,269 households. The median household income in Montezuma County is $65,244 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Montezuma County scores 72 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #308 of 2,222 scored counties.
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