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Fast food and sandwich shops in Smith County, MS

How Smith County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
3 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
4
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$17.6M
On food away from home · $3,155 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
45% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
46% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
13,991
−1.5% 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

Households in Smith County spend about $17.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,155 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $4.4M per shop, 45% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Smith County has 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 7.2 for every 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Smith County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,398 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 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Smith County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Smith County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Smith 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 Smith County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureSmith CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.216.813.3
Spending per listing$4.4M$2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,398459478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,155$3,288$4,070
Median household income$60,916$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored8

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$604K
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
43 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 Smith 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 Smith County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,991−1.5% since 2020
Households
5,592
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
87%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
636 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$60,916+41.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,047
Median home value
$112,600
Jobs located here
2,109
Daytime population
10,403Residents 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 Smith 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
Smith County, MSNot scored47.2$4.4M−1.5%

Other business types in Smith 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 Smith County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Smith County. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 4 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $17.6M a year, or $3,155 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 5,592 households in Smith County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Smith County has 7.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 46% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.4M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Smith County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Smith County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Smith County at 13,991 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,592 households. Median household income in Smith County is $60,916, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 41.3%, 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. Smith County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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