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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #221 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 80
- 46 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 131
- All limited-service restaurants · −0.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $250.4M
- On food away from home · $4,481 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 160,674
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 80 fast food and sandwich shops in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area. Of those, 46 are chain locations, or 57%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 14.3 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area comes to about $250.4M a year: $4,481 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3% 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 131 businesses with payroll in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, down 0.8% from 2019. That is one for every 427 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 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $843K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kahului-Wailuku metro area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For fast food and sandwich shops, the Kahului-Wailuku metro area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #221 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii.
How the Kahului-Wailuku metro area compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Kahului-Wailuku metro area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 427 | 348 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.8% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,481 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,109 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 131All limited-service restaurants · −0.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,061
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8046 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 82The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $843K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Kahului-Wailuku 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 160,674−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 55,881
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,174 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 140
- Median household income
- $97,109+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,604
- Median home value
- $904,700
- Jobs located here
- 75,580
- Daytime population
- 133,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Urban Honolulu, HI | 50 | 435 | 12.8 | $3.6M | −2.3% | #192 of 387 |
| 2Kahului-Wailuku, HI | 46 | 80 | 14.3 | $3.1M | −2.5% | #221 of 387 |
Other business types in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes20
- Sit-down restaurants20
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops20
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area?
There are 80 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area as of September 2026. 46 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.8% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 41 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area spend on food away from home?
About $250.4M a year, or $4,481 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 55,881 households in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Kahului-Wailuku metro area has 14.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Kahului-Wailuku metro area would have about 82, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 427 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Kahului-Wailuku, HI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kahului-Wailuku metro area at 160,674 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,881 households. The median household income in the Kahului-Wailuku metro area is $97,109 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.0% 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 Kahului-Wailuku metro area scores 46 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #221 of 387 scored metro areas.
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