Food and drink · Small-town market · Nebraska
Fast food and sandwich shops in the North Platte, NE area
How the North Platte, NE area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 23 out of 100: Low
Ranked #480 of 537 scored small-town markets
#9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 29
- 28 chain locations (97%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.6M
- On food away from home · $3,526 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.1
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,972
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The North Platte area scores 23 (low) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #480 of 537 scored small-town markets and #9 of 9 scored small-town markets based in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 fast food and sandwich shops in the North Platte area. Chain locations make up 97% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.1, 44% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the North Platte area comes to about $53.6M a year: $3,526 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the North Platte area in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That is one for every 460 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $843K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the North Platte area. Population estimates show the North Platte area declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the North Platte area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | North Platte area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.1 | 14.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 460 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.2% | +6.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,526 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,430 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 23 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33All limited-service restaurants · +3.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 572
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2928 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $843K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the North Platte area, 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 the North Platte area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,972−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,189
- Median age
- 42.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $65,430
- Average household income
- $79,648
- Median home value
- $189,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,644
- Daytime population
- 34,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Beatrice, NE | 71 | 11 | 11.8 | $3M | +0.2% | #82 of 537 |
| 2Columbus, NE | 64 | 25 | 14.4 | $2.6M | +3.8% | #146 of 537 |
| 3Hastings, NE | 53 | 24 | 14.1 | $2.6M | −0.2% | #250 of 537 |
| 4Lexington, NE | 46 | 18 | 18.0 | $2.1M | +1.1% | #317 of 537 |
| 5Fremont, NE | 45 | 27 | 17.8 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #327 of 537 |
| 6Norfolk, NE | 44 | 31 | 15.8 | $2.3M | +1.1% | #334 of 537 |
| 7Kearney, NE | 37 | 48 | 21.1 | $1.8M | +1.9% | #395 of 537 |
| 8Scottsbluff, NE | 25 | 28 | 18.2 | $1.9M | −1.2% | #475 of 537 |
| 9North Platte, NE | 23 | 29 | 19.1 | $1.8M | −3.6% | #480 of 537 |
Other business types in the North Platte area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the North Platte, NE area?
There are 29 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the North Platte area as of September 2026. 28 of them (97%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the North Platte, NE area spend on food away from home?
About $53.6M a year, or $3,526 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,189 households in the North Platte area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the North Platte, NE area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The North Platte area has 19.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the North Platte area would have about 18, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 460 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the North Platte, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the North Platte area at 33,972 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,189 households. The median household income in the North Platte area is $65,430 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The North Platte area scores 23 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #480 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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