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Fast food and sandwich shops in Douglas County, NV

How Douglas County, NV 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #827 of 2,222 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada

Listings
31
22 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
40
All limited-service restaurants · +11.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$91.7M
On food away from home · $4,299 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
3% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.5
9% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,111
+1.2% 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 Douglas County spend about $91.7M a year on food away from home, or $4,299 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 31 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3M per shop, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Douglas County has 31 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Douglas County in 2023, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 533 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 8 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Douglas County scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #827 of 2,222 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Douglas County, NV compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.515.613.3
Spending per listing$3M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)533402478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.1%+13.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,299$3,930$4,070
Median household income$90,754$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score5835

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36 → 40All limited-service restaurants · +11.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
624
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
8All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3122 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,111+1.2% since 2020
Households
21,325
Median age
53.9
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
711 sq. mi.
People per square mile
70
Median household income
$90,754+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,388
Median home value
$615,400
Jobs located here
19,069
Daytime population
48,760Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Nevada

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

Top counties in Nevada

Counties in Nevada ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lyon County, NV703213.5$2.9M+9.5%#378 of 2,222
2Nye County, NV642611.7$2.9M+10.3%#591 of 2,222
3Washoe County, NV6225612.8$3.3M+4.4%#655 of 2,222
4Douglas County, NV583114.5$3M+1.2%#827 of 2,222
5Clark County, NV441,38216.0$2.4M+5.8%#1,381 of 2,222
6Elko County, NV374321.9$1.8M+2.1%#1,631 of 2,222
7Churchill County, NV341616.8$2.2M+1.1%#1,705 of 2,222
8Humboldt County, NV321318.8$2M0.0%#1,783 of 2,222
9Carson City, NV314820.3$1.8M−0.2%#1,824 of 2,222

Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, NV?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 fast food and sandwich shops in Douglas County. 22 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.1% 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 8 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Douglas County, NV spend on food away from home?

About $91.7M a year, or $4,299 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 21,325 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has 14.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Douglas County would have about 30, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 533 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, NV growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 50,111 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,325 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $90,754, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Douglas County scores 58 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #827 of 2,222 scored counties.

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