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Fast food and sandwich shops in Greene County, OH

How Greene County, OH 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #822 of 2,222 scored counties
#20 of 84 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
95
90 chain locations (95%)
Official establishments
154
All limited-service restaurants · +1.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$292.2M
On food away from home · $4,287 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.9
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,322
+3.7% 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 Greene County spend about $292.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,287 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M 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.

Greene County has 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 95% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 13.9 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Greene County was 154 in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. That is one for every 443 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 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Greene County.

Population estimates show Greene County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Greene County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #822 of 2,222 scored counties and #20 of 84 scored counties in Ohio.

How Greene County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Greene County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.913.613.3
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)443467478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+1.3%+7.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,287$3,829$4,070
Median household income$87,309$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5831

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
152 → 154All limited-service restaurants · +1.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,178
Annual payroll, 2023
$59.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
18All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
9590 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$1.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
174,322+3.7% since 2020
Households
68,166
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
414 sq. mi.
People per square mile
410
Median household income
$87,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,530
Median home value
$252,200
Jobs located here
68,123
Daytime population
167,684Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH863012.4$3.9M+16.5%#47 of 2,222
2Holmes County, OH81107.5$5.4M+1.7%#106 of 2,222
3Morrow County, OH781410.4$3.7M+3.7%#172 of 2,222
4Warren County, OH7510010.9$4.5M+5.7%#222 of 2,222
5Geauga County, OH743710.3$4.7M+0.3%#244 of 2,222
6Perry County, OH70107.4$4.9M+1.3%#349 of 2,222
7Fairfield County, OH707612.6$3.4M+6.5%#369 of 2,222
8Medina County, OH698311.4$3.9M+1.3%#397 of 2,222
9Champaign County, OH69159.6$3.9M+0.2%#398 of 2,222
10Putnam County, OH67129.1$4.4M0.0%#458 of 2,222
20Greene County, OH589513.9$3.1M+3.7%#822 of 2,222

Other business types in Greene County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Greene County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 95 fast food and sandwich shops in Greene County. 90 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 154 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Greene County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $292.2M a year, or $4,287 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 95 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 68,166 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greene County has 13.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Greene County would have about 96, against 95 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 443 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 174,322 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,166 households. Median household income in Greene County is $87,309, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Greene County scores 58 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #822 of 2,222 scored counties.

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