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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 290
- 263 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- 352
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $766M
- On food away from home · $3,799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 544,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 290 fast food and sandwich shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. Chain locations make up 91% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area comes to about $766M a year: $3,799 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% below 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 352 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 573 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 67 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $13.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area.
Population estimates show the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #131 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.
| Measure | Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 573 | 548 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | +12.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,799 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,967 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 352All limited-service restaurants · +10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,911
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $149.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 67All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 290263 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 251The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $13.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 544,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 201,632
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,669 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,236
- Median home value
- $286,000
- Jobs located here
- 205,446
- Daytime population
- 517,822Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Naples-Marco Island, FL | 93 | 166 | 10.0 | $4.3M | +10.6% | #1 of 387 |
| 2North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 90 | 383 | 9.8 | $4.1M | +13.2% | #4 of 387 |
| 3Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 87 | 64 | 9.1 | $4.1M | +21.1% | #6 of 387 |
| 4Punta Gorda, FL | 84 | 76 | 8.4 | $4.3M | +15.5% | #11 of 387 |
| 5Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 84 | 72 | 10.2 | $3.8M | +7.7% | #12 of 387 |
| 6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 84 | 344 | 10.5 | $3.7M | +14.4% | #14 of 387 |
| 7Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 82 | 281 | 10.9 | $3.6M | +9.1% | #20 of 387 |
| 8Port St. Lucie, FL | 81 | 225 | 11.0 | $3.5M | +16.0% | #24 of 387 |
| 9Homosassa Springs, FL | 78 | 53 | 7.4 | $4.4M | +11.1% | #32 of 387 |
| 10Ocala, FL | 75 | 152 | 9.2 | $3.6M | +17.3% | #46 of 387 |
| 16Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 61 | 290 | 14.4 | $2.6M | +6.5% | #131 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes67
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 290 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 263 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 352 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 67 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $766M a year, or $3,799 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 290 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area has 14.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 251, against 290 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 573 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 61 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #131 of 387 scored metro areas.
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