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Fast food and sandwich shops in Greenup County, KY

How Greenup County, KY 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #976 of 2,222 scored counties
#22 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
15
15 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
19
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$49M
On food away from home · $3,326 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
35,213
−1.9% 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

At $3,326 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Greenup County spend about $49M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Greenup County has 15 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 10.2 for every 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Greenup County in 2023. That is one for every 776 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 show Greenup County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Greenup County is 54 (upper middle), #976 of 2,222 scored counties and #22 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky.

How Greenup County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Greenup County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGreenup CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.214.813.3
Spending per listing$3.3M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)776519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,326$3,489$4,070
Median household income$60,751$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score5428

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 19All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
371
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1515 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Greenup 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 Greenup County

Population, 2025 estimate
35,213−1.9% since 2020
Households
14,739
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
345 sq. mi.
People per square mile
103
Median household income
$60,751+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,210
Median home value
$134,000
Jobs located here
7,184
Daytime population
29,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Spencer County, KY90810.9$4M+7.7%#16 of 2,222
2Oldham County, KY832611.3$4.4M+4.9%#88 of 2,222
3Meade County, KY7698.2$4.6M+2.2%#206 of 2,222
4Allen County, KY7467.5$4.3M+9.5%#248 of 2,222
5Garrard County, KY7369.0$3.6M+7.3%#288 of 2,222
6Kenton County, KY728011.9$3.4M+3.9%#316 of 2,222
7Lincoln County, KY6988.2$3.8M+4.6%#401 of 2,222
8Scott County, KY693113.7$3M+8.2%#414 of 2,222
9Nelson County, KY68199.9$3.6M+4.8%#436 of 2,222
10Larue County, KY6758.3$4M+2.1%#467 of 2,222
22Greenup County, KY541510.2$3.3M−1.9%#976 of 2,222

Other business types in Greenup 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 Greenup County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 fast food and sandwich shops in Greenup County. 15 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 19 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 Greenup County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $49M a year, or $3,326 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 14,739 households in Greenup County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greenup County has 10.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Greenup County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 776 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Greenup County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Greenup County at 35,213 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,739 households. Median household income in Greenup County is $60,751, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.6%, 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. Greenup County scores 54 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #976 of 2,222 scored counties.

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