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Fast food and sandwich shops in New Hampshire

Every metro area, small-town market and county in New Hampshire, ranked by the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
577
386 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
1,074
All limited-service restaurants · +0.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.5B
On food away from home
Listings per 10k households
10.4
22% below the U.S.
Spending per listing
$4.3M
42% above the U.S.
Rank among states
#4 of 51
Market score 77 · High

A site report maps the fast food and sandwich shops on map listings around any address in New Hampshire by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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

New Hampshire has 577 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 67% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 10.4 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $4,493 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in New Hampshire spend about $2.5B a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.3M per shop, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Official counts show 1,074 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in New Hampshire in 2023, up 0.1% from 2019. That is one for every 518 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 6.1% over the same years. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Since fiscal 2022, 81 SBA-backed loans worth $27M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in New Hampshire.

Among the 50 states and DC, New Hampshire ranks #4 for fast food and sandwich shops, with a Groundwork market score of 77 (high). Of the 2 scored metro areas in or partly in New Hampshire, the Manchester-Nashua metro area scores highest (82). Of the 4 scored small-town markets in or partly in New Hampshire, the Keene area scores highest (89).

Every market in New Hampshire for fast food and sandwich shops

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in New Hampshire, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching New Hampshire, ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Manchester-Nashua, NH821619.5$4.9M+2.5%#18 of 387
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH761,6568.5$5.8M+2.3%#38 of 387

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching New Hampshire, ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Keene, NH89247.8$5.1M+2.3%#5 of 537
2Concord, NH82589.5$4.6M+2.6%#19 of 537
3Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT79879.5$4.3M+1.5%#30 of 537
4Laconia, NH613914.8$2.9M+2.1%#168 of 537

Counties

Counties in New Hampshire, ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cheshire County, NH80247.8$5.1M+2.3%#118 of 2,222
2Sullivan County, NH78169.6$4.1M+2.1%#167 of 2,222
3Hillsborough County, NH761619.5$4.9M+2.5%#203 of 2,222
4Strafford County, NH76479.0$4.7M+3.0%#205 of 2,222
5Merrimack County, NH76589.5$4.6M+2.6%#207 of 2,222
6Rockingham County, NH6714411.3$4.4M+3.0%#459 of 2,222
7Coos County, NH64117.9$4.2M+0.4%#566 of 2,222
8Grafton County, NH634111.0$3.8M+2.2%#604 of 2,222
9Belknap County, NH533914.8$2.9M+2.1%#1,026 of 2,222
10Carroll County, NH523616.5$2.5M+5.0%#1,084 of 2,222

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in New Hampshire?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 577 fast food and sandwich shops in New Hampshire. 386 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 1,074 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 0.1% 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 142 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in New Hampshire spend on food away from home?

About $2.5B a year, or $4,493 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 577 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 555,822 households in New Hampshire and national spending patterns by income.

How does New Hampshire compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

New Hampshire has 10.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, New Hampshire would have about 819, against 577 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 518 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 0.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

Which market in New Hampshire has the highest market score for fast food and sandwich shops?

Among 2 scored metro areas in or partly in New Hampshire, the Manchester-Nashua metro area scores highest, at 82 (high). Among 4 scored small-town markets in or partly in New Hampshire, the Keene area scores highest, at 89 (high). Among 10 scored counties in New Hampshire, Cheshire County scores highest, at 80 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. New Hampshire scores 77 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #4 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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