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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 93 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #1 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
166
125 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
261
All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$718.8M
On food away from home · $4,334 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.0
25% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
417,131
+10.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Naples-Marco Island metro area scores 93 (very high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for fast food and sandwich shops.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 166 fast food and sandwich shops in the Naples-Marco Island metro area. Of those, 125 are chain locations, or 75%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 25% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Household spending on food away from home in the Naples-Marco Island metro area comes to about $718.8M a year: $4,334 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 166 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $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.

Official counts show 261 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Naples-Marco Island metro area in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 636 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. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $5.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Naples-Marco Island metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Naples-Marco Island metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Naples-Marco Island metro area 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureNaples-Marco Island metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.012.213.3
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)636548478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.5%+12.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,334$3,841$4,070
Median household income$90,045$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score9364

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
261All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,425
Annual payroll, 2023
$93.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
47All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
166125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
236The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
12
Amount
$5.8M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Naples-Marco Island 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 Naples-Marco Island metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
417,131+10.6% since 2020
Households
165,875
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,997 sq. mi.
People per square mile
199
Median household income
$90,045+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,201
Median home value
$540,700
Jobs located here
165,588
Daytime population
398,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Naples-Marco Island metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Naples-Marco Island, FL9316610.0$4.3M+10.6%#1 of 387
2North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL903839.8$4.1M+13.2%#4 of 387
3Wildwood-The Villages, FL87649.1$4.1M+21.1%#6 of 387
4Punta Gorda, FL84768.4$4.3M+15.5%#11 of 387
5Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL847210.2$3.8M+7.7%#12 of 387
6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL8434410.5$3.7M+14.4%#14 of 387
7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL8228110.9$3.6M+9.1%#20 of 387
8Port St. Lucie, FL8122511.0$3.5M+16.0%#24 of 387
9Homosassa Springs, FL78537.4$4.4M+11.1%#32 of 387
10Ocala, FL751529.2$3.6M+17.3%#46 of 387

Other business types in the Naples-Marco Island metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area?

There are 166 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Naples-Marco Island metro area as of September 2026. 125 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 261 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area spend on food away from home?

About $718.8M a year, or $4,334 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 166 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 165,875 households in the Naples-Marco Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

The Naples-Marco Island metro area has 10.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 25% 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, the Naples-Marco Island metro area would have about 236, against 166 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 636 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Naples-Marco Island metro area at 417,131 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,875 households. The median household income in the Naples-Marco Island metro area is $90,045 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% 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 Naples-Marco Island metro area scores 93 for fast food and sandwich shops (very high), #1 of 387 scored metro areas.

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