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Fast food and sandwich shops in Holmes County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Holmes County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,670 of 2,222 scored counties
#17 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
7
4 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
6
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$16.6M
On food away from home · $2,703 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,465
−8.4% 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, Holmes County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,670 of 2,222 scored counties and #17 of 61 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Holmes County comes to about $16.6M a year: $2,703 per household, 34% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 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.

Holmes County has 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Holmes County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,026 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 Holmes County declined 8.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Holmes County compares

The same measures for Mississippi 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 Holmes County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureHolmes CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.416.813.3
Spending per listing$2.4M$2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,026459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−8.4%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,703$3,288$4,070
Median household income$32,538$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score358

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 6All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$900K
One-person businesses, 2023
11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
74 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Holmes 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 Holmes County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,465−8.4% since 2020
Households
6,157
Median age
37.4
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
757 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$32,538+51.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$57,698
Median home value
$80,400
Jobs located here
2,958
Daytime population
13,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Mississippi

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The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Holmes County marked.

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marshall County, MS62139.9$3.2M+2.6%#657 of 2,222
2Itawamba County, MS551010.4$3.1M+1.3%#943 of 2,222
3Hancock County, MS502512.4$2.9M+1.6%#1,135 of 2,222
4Walthall County, MS4959.5$3.3M+0.4%#1,165 of 2,222
5Madison County, MS487116.2$2.5M+6.5%#1,231 of 2,222
6Yalobusha County, MS47510.0$3M−0.5%#1,253 of 2,222
7George County, MS471212.9$2.6M+8.1%#1,271 of 2,222
8Pearl River County, MS473013.7$2.4M+5.6%#1,283 of 2,222
9Jackson County, MS478915.4$2.3M+3.0%#1,286 of 2,222
10DeSoto County, MS4611916.8$2.4M+6.3%#1,319 of 2,222
17Holmes County, MS35711.4$2.4M−8.4%#1,670 of 2,222

Other business types in Holmes County

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

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Holmes County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 fast food and sandwich shops in Holmes County. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Holmes County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $16.6M a year, or $2,703 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 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 6,157 households in Holmes County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Holmes County, MS compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Holmes County has 11.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% 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, Holmes County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,026 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Holmes County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Holmes County at 15,465 people in 2025, down 8.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,157 households. Median household income in Holmes County is $32,538, 60% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 51.3%, 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. Holmes County scores 35 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,670 of 2,222 scored counties.

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