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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bremer County, IA
The fast food and sandwich shops in Bremer County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #128 of 2,222 scored counties
#5 of 57 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 9
- 9 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $39.1M
- On food away from home · $4,024 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 42% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,296
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Bremer County is 80 (high), #128 of 2,222 scored counties and #5 of 57 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.
Household spending on food away from home in Bremer County comes to about $39.1M a year: $4,024 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 9 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $4.3M per shop, 42% above 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 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Bremer County as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Bremer County in 2023. That is one for every 972 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bremer County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bremer County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Bremer County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 972 | 628 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,024 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $86,784 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 205
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 99 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Bremer 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 Bremer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,296+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 9,716
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 436 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 58
- Median household income
- $86,784+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,261
- Median home value
- $219,600
- Jobs located here
- 9,443
- Daytime population
- 21,993Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Bremer County marked.
Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, IA | 89 | 5 | 7.5 | $5.6M | +3.8% | #22 of 2,222 |
| 2Warren County, IA | 88 | 21 | 10.2 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #33 of 2,222 |
| 3Jones County, IA | 84 | 6 | 7.3 | $5.1M | +2.9% | #71 of 2,222 |
| 4Dallas County, IA | 83 | 50 | 11.8 | $4M | +17.8% | #89 of 2,222 |
| 5Bremer County, IA | 80 | 9 | 9.3 | $4.3M | +1.1% | #128 of 2,222 |
| 6Buchanan County, IA | 79 | 7 | 8.5 | $4.4M | +1.3% | #149 of 2,222 |
| 7Delaware County, IA | 78 | 5 | 6.8 | $5.6M | +1.3% | #156 of 2,222 |
| 8Boone County, IA | 78 | 11 | 10.1 | $4M | +0.4% | #169 of 2,222 |
| 9Winneshiek County, IA | 73 | 7 | 8.6 | $4.5M | −1.6% | #275 of 2,222 |
| 10Jackson County, IA | 73 | 7 | 8.5 | $4.4M | −0.8% | #276 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Bremer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants66
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza54
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bremer County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 fast food and sandwich shops in Bremer County. 9 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 Bremer County, IA spend on food away from home?
About $39.1M a year, or $4,024 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 9,716 households in Bremer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bremer County, IA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Bremer County has 9.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bremer County would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 972 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Bremer County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Bremer County at 25,296 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,716 households. Median household income in Bremer County is $86,784, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Bremer County scores 80 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #128 of 2,222 scored counties.
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