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Fast food and sandwich shops in Allen Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Allen Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,902 of 2,222 scored counties
#38 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
12
11 chain locations (92%)
Official establishments
13
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$23M
On food away from home · $2,929 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.3
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,672
0.0% 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, Allen Parish has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #1,902 of 2,222 scored counties and #38 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 fast food and sandwich shops in Allen Parish. Of those, 11 are chain locations, or 92%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.3, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $2,929 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Allen Parish spend about $23M a year on food away from home. Spread across 12 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $1.9M per shop, 37% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Allen Parish was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 604 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Allen Parish held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Allen Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Allen Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureAllen ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.314.713.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)604480478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–20250.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,929$3,469$4,070
Median household income$46,469$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2813

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 13All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
276
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1211 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Allen Parish, 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 Allen Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
22,6720.0% since 2020
Households
7,854
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
762 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$46,469+0.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,287
Median home value
$104,500
Jobs located here
6,847
Daytime population
21,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Allen Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1East Feliciana Parish, LA7357.8$4.8M−2.8%#273 of 2,222
2De Soto Parish, LA6698.6$3.7M+2.0%#511 of 2,222
3Evangeline Parish, LA6275.6$5.2M−1.0%#637 of 2,222
4St. Charles Parish, LA622010.7$3.7M−3.7%#644 of 2,222
5Livingston Parish, LA627013.1$2.9M+8.5%#665 of 2,222
6St. Tammany Parish, LA6114113.4$3M+5.3%#710 of 2,222
7Beauregard Parish, LA591510.9$3.3M+0.2%#786 of 2,222
8St. James Parish, LA58810.6$3.5M−5.9%#811 of 2,222
9Sabine Parish, LA5789.1$3.4M−1.2%#851 of 2,222
10Iberville Parish, LA56108.9$3.8M−1.6%#886 of 2,222
38Allen Parish, LA281215.3$1.9M0.0%#1,902 of 2,222

Other business types in Allen Parish

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Allen Parish, LA?

There are 12 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Allen Parish as of September 2026. 11 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 13 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. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Allen Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $23M a year, or $2,929 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 7,854 households in Allen Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Allen Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Allen Parish has 15.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Allen Parish would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 604 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Allen Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Allen Parish at 22,672 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,854 households. The median household income in Allen Parish is $46,469 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 0.1% 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. Allen Parish scores 28 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,902 of 2,222 scored counties.

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