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Fast food and sandwich shops in St. Tammany Parish, LA
The fast food and sandwich shops in St. Tammany Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #710 of 2,222 scored counties
#6 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 141
- 119 chain locations (84%)
- Official establishments
- 215
- All limited-service restaurants · +16.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $422.3M
- On food away from home · $4,019 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 2% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 279,108
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,019 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in St. Tammany Parish spend about $422.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 141 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3M per shop, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 141 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in St. Tammany Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 84% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 13.4 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 215 businesses with payroll in St. Tammany Parish classed as limited-service restaurants, up 16.9% from 2019. That is one for every 489 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. Official counts also show 41 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $6.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Tammany Parish.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Tammany Parish grew 5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). St. Tammany Parish scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #710 of 2,222 scored counties and #6 of 51 scored counties in Louisiana.
How St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $2.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 489 | 480 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.9% | +5.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,019 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,202 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 13 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 184 → 215All limited-service restaurants · +16.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,186
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $79.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 138The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $6.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 279,108+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 105,082
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 845 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 322
- Median household income
- $81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,896
- Median home value
- $284,000
- Jobs located here
- 97,233
- Daytime population
- 260,408Residents 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. Tammany 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 |
Other business types in St. Tammany Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants44
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in St. Tammany Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 141 fast food and sandwich shops in St. Tammany Parish. 119 of them (84%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 215 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 16.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in St. Tammany Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $422.3M a year, or $4,019 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 141 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $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 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Tammany Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
St. Tammany Parish has 13.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 138, against 141 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 489 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Tammany Parish scores 61 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #710 of 2,222 scored counties.
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