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Fast food and sandwich shops in Franklin County, IL

How Franklin County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,731 of 2,222 scored counties
#66 of 80 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
18
17 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
35
All limited-service restaurants · +29.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$52.6M
On food away from home · $3,263 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.2
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,916
−2.1% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #1,731 of 2,222 scored counties and #66 of 80 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Franklin County comes to about $52.6M a year: $3,263 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per shop, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

There are 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 94% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 11.2 per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Franklin County was 35 in 2023, up 29.6% from 2019. That is one for every 461 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. Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Franklin County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.213.613.3
Spending per listing$2.9M$3.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)461474478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+29.6%+2.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,263$4,215$4,070
Median household income$56,740$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3341

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 35All limited-service restaurants · +29.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
620
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1817 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Franklin County, 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
36,916−2.1% since 2020
Households
16,137
Median age
43.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
409 sq. mi.
People per square mile
91
Median household income
$56,740+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,759
Median home value
$89,000
Jobs located here
8,765
Daytime population
30,865Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Piatt County, IL80710.1$4.2M+0.6%#130 of 2,222
2Woodford County, IL79138.9$4.9M−0.8%#142 of 2,222
3Moultrie County, IL7358.6$4.3M−0.8%#277 of 2,222
4Bond County, IL7158.1$4.5M+0.6%#326 of 2,222
5Kendall County, IL715612.3$3.9M+9.9%#331 of 2,222
6McHenry County, IL7013311.3$4.2M+2.5%#355 of 2,222
7Bureau County, IL68128.6$4.3M−2.1%#423 of 2,222
8Monroe County, IL681712.3$3.8M−0.3%#431 of 2,222
9Clinton County, IL682013.7$3M+0.6%#452 of 2,222
10Macoupin County, IL67169.1$4.2M−2.6%#465 of 2,222
66Franklin County, IL331811.2$2.9M−2.1%#1,731 of 2,222

Other business types in Franklin County

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

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Franklin County, IL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 fast food and sandwich shops in Franklin County. 17 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 29.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.

How much do households in Franklin County, IL spend on food away from home?

About $52.6M a year, or $3,263 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 16,137 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, IL compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Franklin County has 11.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 461 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 36,916 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,137 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $56,740, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.7%, 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. Franklin County scores 33 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,731 of 2,222 scored counties.

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