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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
How the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #293 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey
- Listings
- 255
- 117 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 389
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $627.2M
- On food away from home · $4,061 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.5
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,047
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #293 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 255 fast food and sandwich shops in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 16.5 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area spend about $627.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,061 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 255 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.5M per shop, 19% 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 389 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 397 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, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $8.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.5 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 397 | 457 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.1% | +7.1% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,061 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,105 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 389All limited-service restaurants · +5.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,714
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $94.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 72All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 255117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 206The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $8.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,047+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 154,441
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 460
- Median household income
- $82,105
- Average household income
- $110,931
- Median home value
- $331,700
- Jobs located here
- 158,202
- Daytime population
- 359,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 72 | 402 | 11.8 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #63 of 387 |
| 1Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 69 | 207 | 14.4 | $3.2M | +3.3% | #76 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 66 | 2,777 | 11.3 | $3.9M | +1.4% | #98 of 387 |
| 2Vineland, NJ | 54 | 66 | 12.3 | $3M | +2.2% | #174 of 387 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 49 | 11,286 | 15.3 | $3M | +0.6% | #201 of 387 |
| 3Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 33 | 255 | 16.5 | $2.5M | +0.8% | #293 of 387 |
Other business types in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes22
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza23
- Coffee shops and cafes24
- Bakeries and dessert shops22
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area?
There are 255 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area as of September 2026. 117 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 389 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 72 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $627.2M a year, or $4,061 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 255 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 154,441 households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area has 16.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area would have about 206, against 255 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 397 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area at 372,047 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,441 households. The median household income in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area is $82,105 a year, 2% above 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. 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area scores 33 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #293 of 387 scored metro areas.
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