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Fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County, OH
The fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County, OH, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,121 of 2,222 scored counties
#32 of 84 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 20
- 16 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $72.6M
- On food away from home · $3,921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,481
- −2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Ottawa County comes to about $72.6M a year: $3,921 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.6M per shop, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Ottawa County has 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.8, 19% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 41 businesses with payroll in Ottawa County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.9% from 2019. That is one for every 451 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $450K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ottawa County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ottawa County declined 2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Ottawa County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,121 of 2,222 scored counties and #32 of 84 scored counties in Ohio.
How Ottawa 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.
| Measure | Ottawa County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 451 | 467 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.9% | +7.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.0% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,921 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,101 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 41All limited-service restaurants · +13.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 593
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2016 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $450K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ottawa 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 Ottawa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,481−2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,504
- Median age
- 49.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 255 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $76,101+28.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,812
- Median home value
- $219,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,612
- Daytime population
- 34,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ottawa County?
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Ottawa County marked.
Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 86 | 30 | 12.4 | $3.9M | +16.5% | #47 of 2,222 |
| 2Holmes County, OH | 81 | 10 | 7.5 | $5.4M | +1.7% | #106 of 2,222 |
| 3Morrow County, OH | 78 | 14 | 10.4 | $3.7M | +3.7% | #172 of 2,222 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 75 | 100 | 10.9 | $4.5M | +5.7% | #222 of 2,222 |
| 5Geauga County, OH | 74 | 37 | 10.3 | $4.7M | +0.3% | #244 of 2,222 |
| 6Perry County, OH | 70 | 10 | 7.4 | $4.9M | +1.3% | #349 of 2,222 |
| 7Fairfield County, OH | 70 | 76 | 12.6 | $3.4M | +6.5% | #369 of 2,222 |
| 8Medina County, OH | 69 | 83 | 11.4 | $3.9M | +1.3% | #397 of 2,222 |
| 9Champaign County, OH | 69 | 15 | 9.6 | $3.9M | +0.2% | #398 of 2,222 |
| 10Putnam County, OH | 67 | 12 | 9.1 | $4.4M | 0.0% | #458 of 2,222 |
| 32Ottawa County, OH | 50 | 20 | 10.8 | $3.6M | −2.0% | #1,121 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Ottawa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes22
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops28
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Ottawa County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County. 16 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.9% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.
How much do households in Ottawa County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $72.6M a year, or $3,921 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 18,504 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, OH compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Ottawa County has 10.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Ottawa County would have about 24, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 451 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 39,481 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,504 households. Median household income in Ottawa County is $76,101, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.8%, 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. Ottawa County scores 50 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,121 of 2,222 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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