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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 87 out of 100: High
Ranked #6 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 64
- 61 chain locations (95%)
- Official establishments
- 61
- All limited-service restaurants · +60.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $263.5M
- On food away from home · $3,747 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 32% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 157,772
- +21.1% since 2020
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What this means
For fast food and sandwich shops, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area has a Groundwork market score of 87 (high): #6 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 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 64 fast food and sandwich shops in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. Chain locations make up 95% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $3,747 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area spend about $263.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 64 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $4.1M per shop, 35% 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 the Wildwood-The Villages metro area was 61 in 2023, up 60.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,153 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wildwood-The Villages metro area grew 21.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Wildwood-The Villages 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 | Wildwood-The Villages metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,153 | 548 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +60.5% | +12.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,747 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,508 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 87 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 61All limited-service restaurants · +60.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,285
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $22.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6461 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $5.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Wildwood-The Villages 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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 157,772+21.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,318
- Median age
- 62.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 257
- Median household income
- $76,508
- Average household income
- $98,339
- Median home value
- $385,400
- Jobs located here
- 37,385
- Daytime population
- 146,480Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Wildwood-The Villages metro area marked.
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 |
Other business types in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes89
- Sit-down restaurants88
- Fast food and sandwich shops87
- Pizza89
- Coffee shops and cafes89
- Bakeries and dessert shops89
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area?
There are 64 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area as of September 2026. 61 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 61 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 60.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $263.5M a year, or $3,747 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 70,318 households in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Wildwood-The Villages metro area has 9.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.1M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Wildwood-The Villages metro area would have about 86, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,153 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 60.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Wildwood-The Villages, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wildwood-The Villages metro area at 157,772 people in 2025, up 21.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,318 households. The median household income in the Wildwood-The Villages metro area is $76,508 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Wildwood-The Villages metro area scores 87 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #6 of 387 scored metro areas.
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