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Fast food and sandwich shops in Franklin County, FL
How Franklin County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $17.3M
- On food away from home · $3,500 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.1
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,029
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Franklin County. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Franklin County comes to about $17.3M a year: $3,500 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per shop, 42% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Franklin County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 825 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 Franklin County grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Franklin County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.1 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 825 | 548 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,500 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,105 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,029+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,949
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 545 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $64,105+37.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,720
- Median home value
- $273,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,579
- Daytime population
- 11,650Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarasota County, FL | 87 | 200 | 9.4 | $4.3M | +10.0% | #34 of 2,222 |
| 2Sumter County, FL | 87 | 64 | 9.1 | $4.1M | +21.1% | #36 of 2,222 |
| 3Flagler County, FL | 85 | 47 | 8.9 | $4.3M | +21.0% | #59 of 2,222 |
| 4Collier County, FL | 85 | 166 | 10.0 | $4.3M | +10.6% | #60 of 2,222 |
| 5Wakulla County, FL | 85 | 13 | 10.2 | $3.7M | +12.3% | #63 of 2,222 |
| 6Charlotte County, FL | 84 | 76 | 8.4 | $4.3M | +15.5% | #80 of 2,222 |
| 7Manatee County, FL | 82 | 183 | 10.4 | $3.8M | +16.6% | #100 of 2,222 |
| 8St. Johns County, FL | 80 | 127 | 11.0 | $4.4M | +25.0% | #125 of 2,222 |
| 9Indian River County, FL | 80 | 72 | 10.2 | $3.8M | +7.7% | #132 of 2,222 |
| 10Lee County, FL | 80 | 344 | 10.5 | $3.7M | +14.4% | #134 of 2,222 |
| Franklin County, FL | Not scored | 4 | 8.1 | $4.3M | +4.5% |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes25
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes23
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Franklin County, FL?
Franklin County has 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 6 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 Franklin County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $17.3M a year, or $3,500 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 4,949 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, FL compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Franklin County has 8.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 825 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 13,029 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,949 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $64,105 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.4% 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. Franklin County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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