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Fast food and sandwich shops in Ross County, OH

How Ross 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 32 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,777 of 2,222 scored counties
#70 of 84 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
44
40 chain locations (91%)
Official establishments
60
All limited-service restaurants · +13.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$102.2M
On food away from home · $3,428 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.8
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
76,429
−0.8% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, Ross County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,777 of 2,222 scored counties and #70 of 84 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Ross County comes to about $102.2M a year: $3,428 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per shop, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Ross County has 44 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 91% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 14.8 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 60 businesses with payroll in Ross County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 13.2% from 2019. That is one for every 497 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Ross County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ross County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Ross 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 Ross County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureRoss CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.813.613.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)497467478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.2%+7.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,428$3,829$4,070
Median household income$61,303$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3231

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
53 → 60All limited-service restaurants · +13.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,409
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4440 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$250K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
76,429−0.8% since 2020
Households
29,808
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
689 sq. mi.
People per square mile
111
Median household income
$61,303+20.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,649
Median home value
$171,500
Jobs located here
28,675
Daytime population
75,954Residents 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 Ross 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
70Ross County, OH324414.8$2.3M−0.8%#1,777 of 2,222

Other business types in Ross 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 Ross County, OH?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 fast food and sandwich shops in Ross County. 40 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

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

About $102.2M a year, or $3,428 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 29,808 households in Ross County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ross County has 14.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Ross County would have about 34, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 497 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Ross County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Ross County at 76,429 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 29,808 households. Median household income in Ross County is $61,303, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.0%, 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. Ross County scores 32 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,777 of 2,222 scored counties.

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