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Fast food and sandwich shops in Doña Ana County, NM
How Doña Ana County, NM 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #914 of 2,222 scored counties
#7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 95
- 84 chain locations (88%)
- Official establishments
- 131
- All limited-service restaurants · −5.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.8M
- On food away from home · $3,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.2
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 229,091
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Doña Ana County comes to about $277.8M a year: $3,273 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Doña Ana County has 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 84 are chain locations, or 88%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.2, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Doña Ana County was 131 in 2023, down 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 648 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 34 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $625K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Doña Ana County.
Population estimates show Doña Ana County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Doña Ana County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #914 of 2,222 scored counties and #7 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Doña Ana County compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Doña Ana County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.2 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 648 | 507 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −5.1% | +6.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,273 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,848 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 138 → 131All limited-service restaurants · −5.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,135
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 34All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9584 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $625K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Doña Ana 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 Doña Ana County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 229,091+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 84,889
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,951
- Median home value
- $220,800
- Jobs located here
- 79,505
- Daytime population
- 218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Doña Ana County marked.
Top counties in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sandoval County, NM | 84 | 54 | 9.5 | $4.3M | +6.9% | #79 of 2,222 |
| 2Los Alamos County, NM | 69 | 5 | 6.1 | $9.1M | 0.0% | #380 of 2,222 |
| 3Santa Fe County, NM | 67 | 67 | 9.5 | $4.2M | +1.2% | #462 of 2,222 |
| 4Rio Arriba County, NM | 62 | 12 | 7.7 | $4.3M | −1.0% | #639 of 2,222 |
| 5Valencia County, NM | 58 | 32 | 11.6 | $2.9M | +7.2% | #831 of 2,222 |
| 6Otero County, NM | 58 | 28 | 11.4 | $2.9M | +3.7% | #832 of 2,222 |
| 7Doña Ana County, NM | 56 | 95 | 11.2 | $2.9M | +4.1% | #914 of 2,222 |
| 8Torrance County, NM | 55 | 8 | 13.2 | $2.4M | +6.9% | #967 of 2,222 |
| 9Taos County, NM | 52 | 15 | 9.6 | $3.5M | +0.3% | #1,054 of 2,222 |
| 10Eddy County, NM | 45 | 36 | 15.2 | $2.5M | +0.3% | #1,349 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Doña Ana County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Doña Ana County, NM?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 95 fast food and sandwich shops in Doña Ana County. 84 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 131 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 5.1% 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 34 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Doña Ana County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $277.8M a year, or $3,273 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 84,889 households in Doña Ana County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Doña Ana County, NM compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Doña Ana County has 11.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Doña Ana County would have about 91, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 648 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Doña Ana County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Doña Ana County at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. Median household income in Doña Ana County is $56,848, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Doña Ana County scores 56 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #914 of 2,222 scored counties.
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