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Fast food and sandwich shops in Dutchess County, NY

How Dutchess County, NY 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,019 of 2,222 scored counties
#39 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
175
74 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
270
All limited-service restaurants · −0.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$529.3M
On food away from home · $4,552 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.1
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
300,708
+1.5% 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 Dutchess County spend about $529.3M a year on food away from home, or $4,552 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3M per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Dutchess County has 175 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 74 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 15.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 270 businesses with payroll in Dutchess County classed as limited-service restaurants, down 0.4% from 2019. That is one for every 431 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. Official counts also show 40 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dutchess County.

Population estimates show Dutchess County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Dutchess County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,019 of 2,222 scored counties and #39 of 60 scored counties in New York.

How Dutchess County compares

The same measures for New York 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 Dutchess County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureDutchess CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.114.113.3
Spending per listing$3M$3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)431433478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−0.4%−0.8%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,552$4,270$4,070
Median household income$99,478$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5336

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
271 → 270All limited-service restaurants · −0.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,201
Annual payroll, 2023
$64.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
40All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
17574 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
174The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County

Population, 2025 estimate
300,708+1.5% since 2020
Households
116,275
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
796 sq. mi.
People per square mile
375
Median household income
$99,478+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$133,997
Median home value
$400,600
Jobs located here
112,196
Daytime population
274,540Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across New York

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

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saratoga County, NY81838.1$5.6M+2.3%#105 of 2,222
2Schoharie County, NY76118.6$4.3M+1.4%#209 of 2,222
3Orleans County, NY7195.5$6.3M−0.5%#322 of 2,222
4Wayne County, NY69266.8$5.5M+0.1%#382 of 2,222
5Tompkins County, NY69388.8$4.5M−1.4%#388 of 2,222
6Tioga County, NY69199.3$4M−1.9%#394 of 2,222
7Washington County, NY68135.3$6.8M−2.9%#418 of 2,222
8Delaware County, NY68157.8$4.5M+0.2%#420 of 2,222
9Lewis County, NY6898.1$4.3M−0.3%#422 of 2,222
10Rensselaer County, NY67659.7$4.2M−0.2%#463 of 2,222
39Dutchess County, NY5317515.1$3M+1.5%#1,019 of 2,222

Other business types in Dutchess County

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Dutchess County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 175 fast food and sandwich shops in Dutchess County. 74 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 270 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 40 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Dutchess County, NY spend on food away from home?

About $529.3M a year, or $4,552 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 175 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 116,275 households in Dutchess County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dutchess County has 15.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Dutchess County would have about 174, against 175 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 431 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Dutchess County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Dutchess County at 300,708 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,275 households. Median household income in Dutchess County is $99,478, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Dutchess County scores 53 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,019 of 2,222 scored counties.

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