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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii
- Listings
- 435
- 310 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 1,027
- All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $4,672 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 988,703
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Urban Honolulu metro area spend about $1.6B a year on food away from home, or $4,672 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
The Urban Honolulu metro area has 435 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 310 of them (71%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 12.8 per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Urban Honolulu metro area was 1,027 in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 330 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 130 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 31 SBA-backed loans worth $11.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Urban Honolulu metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Urban Honolulu metro area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Urban Honolulu metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #192 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 2 scored metro areas based in Hawaii.
How the Urban Honolulu 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 | Urban Honolulu metro area | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 12.3 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 330 | 348 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.0% | +2.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,672 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $106,195 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,027All limited-service restaurants · +2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,572
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $395.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 130All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 435310 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 519The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 31
- Amount
- $11.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Urban Honolulu 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 Urban Honolulu metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 988,703−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 338,868
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,666
- Median household income
- $106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,603
- Median home value
- $897,500
- Jobs located here
- 441,980
- Daytime population
- 1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Hawaii market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Hawaii for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with the Urban Honolulu metro area marked.
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 Urban Honolulu metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants26
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 435 fast food and sandwich shops in the Urban Honolulu metro area. 310 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 1,027 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 2.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 130 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $4,672 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 435 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 338,868 households in the Urban Honolulu metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Urban Honolulu metro area has 12.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Urban Honolulu metro area would have about 519, against 435 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 330 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Urban Honolulu, HI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Urban Honolulu metro area at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. Median household income in the Urban Honolulu metro area is $106,195, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.7%, 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 Urban Honolulu metro area scores 50 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #192 of 387 scored metro areas.
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