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Fast food and sandwich shops in Prince George’s County, MD
The fast food and sandwich shops in Prince George’s County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #890 of 2,222 scored counties
#14 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 431
- 356 chain locations (83%)
- Official establishments
- 875
- All limited-service restaurants · −0.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $4,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,374
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Prince George’s County comes to about $1.6B a year: $4,509 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 431 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Prince George’s County has 431 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 356 of them (83%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 12.4 per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 875 businesses with payroll in Prince George’s County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 0.5% from 2019. That is one for every 397 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. Another 227 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 33 SBA-backed loans worth $14.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Prince George’s County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Prince George’s County grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Prince George’s County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #890 of 2,222 scored counties and #14 of 24 scored counties in Maryland.
How Prince George’s County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Prince George’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 12.1 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 431 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.5% | −0.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,509 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $101,798 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 879 → 875All limited-service restaurants · −0.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 15,454
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $332.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 227All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 431356 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 514The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 33
- Amount
- $14.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Prince George’s 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 Prince George’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,374+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 347,744
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,989
- Median household income
- $101,798+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $125,138
- Median home value
- $426,000
- Jobs located here
- 318,010
- Daytime population
- 849,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kent County, MD | 81 | 7 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +2.3% | #111 of 2,222 |
| 2Frederick County, MD | 78 | 114 | 10.9 | $4.6M | +11.0% | #159 of 2,222 |
| 3Queen Anne’s County, MD | 78 | 23 | 11.6 | $4.2M | +8.8% | #166 of 2,222 |
| 4Harford County, MD | 74 | 98 | 9.6 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #240 of 2,222 |
| 5Cecil County, MD | 74 | 45 | 11.1 | $3.8M | +3.2% | #253 of 2,222 |
| 6Calvert County, MD | 72 | 31 | 9.3 | $5.7M | +1.7% | #293 of 2,222 |
| 7Carroll County, MD | 72 | 62 | 9.6 | $5.1M | +2.2% | #297 of 2,222 |
| 8Charles County, MD | 70 | 78 | 12.8 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #359 of 2,222 |
| 9Montgomery County, MD | 69 | 388 | 10.0 | $5.3M | +1.3% | #383 of 2,222 |
| 10St. Mary’s County, MD | 69 | 50 | 11.8 | $4.2M | +2.4% | #392 of 2,222 |
| 14Prince George’s County, MD | 56 | 431 | 12.4 | $3.6M | +0.5% | #890 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Prince George’s County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes72
- Sit-down restaurants75
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza62
- Coffee shops and cafes83
- Bakeries and dessert shops78
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Prince George’s County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 431 fast food and sandwich shops in Prince George’s County. 356 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 875 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.5% 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 227 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Prince George’s County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $4,509 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 431 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 347,744 households in Prince George’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Prince George’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Prince George’s County has 12.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Prince George’s County would have about 514, against 431 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Prince George’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Prince George’s County at 970,374 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 347,744 households. Median household income in Prince George’s County is $101,798, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.9%, 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. Prince George’s County scores 56 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #890 of 2,222 scored counties.
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