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Fast food and sandwich shops in Platte County, NE
How Platte County, NE compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,453 of 2,222 scored counties
#12 of 24 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 23
- 21 chain locations (91%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- All limited-service restaurants · +7.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $50.8M
- On food away from home · $3,722 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,649
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Platte County comes to about $50.8M a year: $3,722 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Platte County has 23 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 91% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Platte County in 2023, up 7.4% from 2019. That is one for every 471 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 list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Platte County grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Platte County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,453 of 2,222 scored counties and #12 of 24 scored counties in Nebraska.
How Platte County 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 | Platte County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.8 | 14.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 471 | 526 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.4% | +6.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,722 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,552 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 29All limited-service restaurants · +7.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 611
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2321 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Platte 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 Platte County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,649+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 13,658
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $71,552+14.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,157
- Median home value
- $223,900
- Jobs located here
- 20,463
- Daytime population
- 36,606Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Platte County marked.
Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 91 | 8 | 9.0 | $4.8M | +6.0% | #12 of 2,222 |
| 2Cass County, NE | 87 | 11 | 10.2 | $4.3M | +3.9% | #35 of 2,222 |
| 3Washington County, NE | 86 | 6 | 7.1 | $6.2M | +1.8% | #39 of 2,222 |
| 4Sarpy County, NE | 77 | 91 | 12.3 | $3.8M | +9.0% | #194 of 2,222 |
| 5Custer County, NE | 63 | 5 | 11.1 | $3.2M | 0.0% | #618 of 2,222 |
| 6Gage County, NE | 60 | 11 | 11.8 | $3M | +0.2% | #750 of 2,222 |
| 7Seward County, NE | 59 | 9 | 13.3 | $3M | +2.3% | #789 of 2,222 |
| 8Saline County, NE | 59 | 8 | 15.6 | $2.5M | +1.9% | #801 of 2,222 |
| 9Douglas County, NE | 56 | 346 | 14.5 | $2.9M | +3.6% | #916 of 2,222 |
| 10Lancaster County, NE | 49 | 199 | 14.8 | $2.6M | +3.4% | #1,185 of 2,222 |
| 12Platte County, NE | 42 | 23 | 16.8 | $2.2M | +3.9% | #1,453 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Platte County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants66
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes52
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Platte County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 fast food and sandwich shops in Platte County. 21 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 7.4% 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Platte County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $50.8M a year, or $3,722 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 13,658 households in Platte County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Platte County, NE compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Platte County has 16.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Platte County would have about 17, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 471 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Platte County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Platte County at 35,649 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,658 households. Median household income in Platte County is $71,552, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.8%, 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. Platte County scores 42 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,453 of 2,222 scored counties.
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