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Fast food and sandwich shops in Taos County, NM
How Taos 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 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,054 of 2,222 scored counties
#9 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico
- Listings
- 15
- 9 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $53.1M
- On food away from home · $3,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 28% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,564
- +0.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,413 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Taos County spend about $53.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 15 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.5M per shop, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 15 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Taos County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 60% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 29 businesses with payroll in Taos County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 536 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 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Population estimates put the population change in Taos County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Taos County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #1,054 of 2,222 scored counties and #9 of 24 scored counties in New Mexico.
How Taos 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 | Taos County | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 12.9 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 536 | 507 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.6% | +6.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.3% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,413 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,950 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 29All limited-service restaurants · +3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 380
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 159 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 Taos 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 Taos County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,564+0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,549
- Median age
- 50.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $58,950+53.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,052
- Median home value
- $382,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,507
- Daytime population
- 34,773Residents 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 Taos 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 Taos County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants20
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes17
- Bakeries and dessert shops21
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Taos County, NM?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 fast food and sandwich shops in Taos County. 9 of them (60%) 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 3.6% 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Taos County, NM spend on food away from home?
About $53.1M a year, or $3,413 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 15,549 households in Taos County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Taos County, NM compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Taos County has 9.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 28% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Taos County would have about 17, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 536 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Taos County, NM growing?
Population estimates put Taos County at 34,564 people in 2025, up 0.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,549 households. Median household income in Taos County is $58,950, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 53.8%, 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. Taos County scores 52 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,054 of 2,222 scored counties.
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