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Fast food and sandwich shops in St. Mary Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in St. Mary Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,802 of 2,222 scored counties
#33 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 24
- 17 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- All limited-service restaurants · −11.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $57.4M
- On food away from home · $3,110 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.0
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,552
- −5.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in St. Mary Parish is 31 (lower middle), #1,802 of 2,222 scored counties and #33 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in St. Mary Parish spend about $57.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,110 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 24 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.4M per shop, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
St. Mary Parish has 24 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 71%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.0, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Mary Parish in 2023, down 11.8% from 2019. That is one for every 615 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 St. Mary Parish declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How St. Mary 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.
| Measure | St. Mary Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.0 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 615 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −11.8% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,110 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,576 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34 → 30All limited-service restaurants · −11.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 642
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2417 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 St. Mary 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 St. Mary Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,552−5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 18,463
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 86
- Median household income
- $52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,245
- Median home value
- $138,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,344
- Daytime population
- 47,916Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Mary Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1East Feliciana Parish, LA | 73 | 5 | 7.8 | $4.8M | −2.8% | #273 of 2,222 |
| 2De Soto Parish, LA | 66 | 9 | 8.6 | $3.7M | +2.0% | #511 of 2,222 |
| 3Evangeline Parish, LA | 62 | 7 | 5.6 | $5.2M | −1.0% | #637 of 2,222 |
| 4St. Charles Parish, LA | 62 | 20 | 10.7 | $3.7M | −3.7% | #644 of 2,222 |
| 5Livingston Parish, LA | 62 | 70 | 13.1 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #665 of 2,222 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 61 | 141 | 13.4 | $3M | +5.3% | #710 of 2,222 |
| 7Beauregard Parish, LA | 59 | 15 | 10.9 | $3.3M | +0.2% | #786 of 2,222 |
| 8St. James Parish, LA | 58 | 8 | 10.6 | $3.5M | −5.9% | #811 of 2,222 |
| 9Sabine Parish, LA | 57 | 8 | 9.1 | $3.4M | −1.2% | #851 of 2,222 |
| 10Iberville Parish, LA | 56 | 10 | 8.9 | $3.8M | −1.6% | #886 of 2,222 |
| 33St. Mary Parish, LA | 31 | 24 | 13.0 | $2.4M | −5.3% | #1,802 of 2,222 |
Other business types in St. Mary Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants25
- Fast food and sandwich shops31
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in St. Mary Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 fast food and sandwich shops in St. Mary Parish. 17 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 11.8% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 13 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $57.4M a year, or $3,110 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
St. Mary Parish has 13.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 19, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 615 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 11.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. St. Mary Parish scores 31 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,802 of 2,222 scored counties.
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