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Fast food and sandwich shops in Henry County, KY

How Henry 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #532 of 2,222 scored counties
#13 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$20.5M
On food away from home · $3,338 a household
Spending per listing
$2.9M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,447
+4.8% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 fast food and sandwich shops in Henry County. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Households in Henry County spend about $20.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,338 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% below 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 4 businesses with payroll in Henry County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,537 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Henry County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Henry County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #532 of 2,222 scored counties and #13 of 82 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Henry 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 Henry County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureHenry CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.414.813.3
Spending per listing$2.9M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,537519478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.7%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.8%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,338$3,489$4,070
Median household income$63,347$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score6628

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
101
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
77 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Henry 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 Henry County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,447+4.8% since 2020
Households
6,147
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
286 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$63,347+17.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,675
Median home value
$197,900
Jobs located here
2,744
Daytime population
10,899Residents 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 Henry 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
13Henry County, KY66711.4$2.9M+4.8%#532 of 2,222

Other business types in Henry 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 Henry County, KY?

There are 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Henry County as of September 2026. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Henry County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $20.5M a year, or $3,338 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 6,147 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Henry County has 11.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,537 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Henry County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Henry County at 16,447 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,147 households. The median household income in Henry County is $63,347 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.5% 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. Henry County scores 66 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #532 of 2,222 scored counties.

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