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Fast food and sandwich shops in Trumbull County, OH
How Trumbull 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 #1,769 of 2,222 scored counties
#68 of 84 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 111
- 94 chain locations (85%)
- Official establishments
- 180
- All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $287.1M
- On food away from home · $3,317 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.8
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 198,972
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For fast food and sandwich shops, Trumbull County has a Groundwork market score of 32 (lower middle): #1,769 of 2,222 scored counties and #68 of 84 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 111 fast food and sandwich shops in Trumbull County. Of those, 94 are chain locations, or 85%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.8, 4% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Trumbull County comes to about $287.1M a year: $3,317 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 15% below 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 180 businesses with payroll in Trumbull County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 12.5% from 2019. That is one for every 481 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. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $789K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Trumbull County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Trumbull County declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Trumbull 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 | Trumbull County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.8 | 13.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.8M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 481 | 467 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.5% | +7.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,317 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,435 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 160 → 180All limited-service restaurants · +12.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,349
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $59M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 26All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 94The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $789K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Trumbull 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 Trumbull County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 198,972−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 86,550
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 618 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 325
- Median household income
- $56,435+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,332
- Median home value
- $141,800
- Jobs located here
- 62,464
- Daytime population
- 180,610Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Trumbull 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 |
| 68Trumbull County, OH | 32 | 111 | 12.8 | $2.6M | −1.3% | #1,769 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Trumbull County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops32
- Pizza31
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Trumbull County, OH?
There are 111 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Trumbull County as of September 2026. 94 of them (85%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 180 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.5% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 26 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Trumbull County, OH spend on food away from home?
About $287.1M a year, or $3,317 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 111 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 86,550 households in Trumbull County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Trumbull County, OH compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Trumbull County has 12.8 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Trumbull County would have about 94, against 111 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 481 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Trumbull County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Trumbull County at 198,972 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 86,550 households. The median household income in Trumbull County is $56,435 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Trumbull County scores 32 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,769 of 2,222 scored counties.
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