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Fast food and sandwich shops in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #201 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 11,286
- 4,243 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 18,189
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.1B
- On food away from home · $4,609 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,112,448
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11,286 fast food and sandwich shops in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Of those, 4,243 are chain locations, or 38%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 15.3 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $4,609 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area spend about $34.1B a year on food away from home. Spread across 11,286 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3M per shop, in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 18,189 businesses with payroll in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 1.6% from 2019. That is one for every 406 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. Another 4,629 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 471 SBA-backed loans worth $202.9M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #201 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area 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.
| Measure | New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 406 | 433 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.6% | −0.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,609 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,155 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18,189All limited-service restaurants · +1.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 193,213
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.9B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4,629All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11,2864,243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11,166The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 471
- Amount
- $202.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,391,787
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 6,127 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,219
- Median household income
- $99,155
- Average household income
- $146,791
- Median home value
- $614,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,481,255
- Daytime population
- 20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ithaca, NY | 73 | 38 | 8.8 | $4.5M | −1.4% | #51 of 387 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 70 | 427 | 11.1 | $3.8M | +1.9% | #67 of 387 |
| 3Rochester, NY | 62 | 438 | 9.8 | $3.9M | −0.7% | #119 of 387 |
| 4Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 61 | 475 | 9.5 | $4M | −0.8% | #125 of 387 |
| 5Kingston, NY | 61 | 87 | 11.7 | $3.6M | +1.1% | #126 of 387 |
| 6Utica-Rome, NY | 58 | 118 | 9.8 | $3.7M | −2.0% | #145 of 387 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 58 | 326 | 12.0 | $3.2M | −1.3% | #147 of 387 |
| 8Glens Falls, NY | 54 | 70 | 12.8 | $3M | −1.9% | #173 of 387 |
| 9Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 53 | 395 | 15.5 | $2.9M | +3.0% | #179 of 387 |
| 10Binghamton, NY | 50 | 125 | 12.2 | $2.9M | −1.3% | #195 of 387 |
| 11New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 49 | 11,286 | 15.3 | $3M | +0.6% | #201 of 387 |
Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 11,286 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4,243 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 18,189 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 4,629 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $34.1B a year, or $4,609 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11,286 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 15.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 15% 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 national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 11,166, against 11,286 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 406 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 49 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #201 of 387 scored metro areas.
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