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Fast food and sandwich shops in Sabine Parish, LA

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #851 of 2,222 scored counties
#9 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
8
6 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
8
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$27.6M
On food away from home · $3,141 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.1
32% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,834
−1.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Sabine Parish. 6 of them (75%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 9.1 per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Sabine Parish comes to about $27.6M a year: $3,141 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% above 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.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Sabine Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,098 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sabine Parish declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Sabine Parish is 57 (upper middle), #851 of 2,222 scored counties and #9 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana.

How Sabine 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 Sabine Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSabine ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.114.713.3
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.4M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,098480478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,141$3,469$4,070
Median household income$50,329$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5713

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 8All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
125
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
86 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Sabine 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 Sabine Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
21,834−1.2% since 2020
Households
8,785
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
867 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$50,329+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,912
Median home value
$123,100
Jobs located here
5,730
Daytime population
19,413Residents 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 Sabine 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

Other business types in Sabine 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 Sabine Parish, LA?

Sabine Parish has 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 8 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 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $27.6M a year, or $3,141 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 8,785 households in Sabine Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sabine Parish has 9.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 32% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Sabine Parish would have about 9, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,098 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Sabine Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Sabine Parish at 21,834 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,785 households. The median household income in Sabine Parish is $50,329 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.8% 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. Sabine Parish scores 57 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #851 of 2,222 scored counties.

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