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Fast food and sandwich shops in Canadian County, OK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Canadian County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #534 of 2,222 scored counties
#5 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
83
80 chain locations (96%)
Official establishments
108
All limited-service restaurants · +18.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$235.5M
On food away from home · $4,045 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
14.3
8% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
187,189
+20.4% 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 Canadian County spend about $235.5M a year on food away from home, or $4,045 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 83 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.8M per shop, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Canadian County has 83 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 96% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 108 businesses with payroll in Canadian County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 18.7% from 2019. That is one for every 539 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 19 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Canadian County.

Population estimates show Canadian County grew 20.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Canadian County has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #534 of 2,222 scored counties and #5 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Canadian County compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Canadian County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureCanadian CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households14.315.613.3
Spending per listing$2.8M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)539517478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+18.7%+0.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+20.4%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,045$3,519$4,070
Median household income$87,751$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score6633

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
91 → 108All limited-service restaurants · +18.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,572
Annual payroll, 2023
$44.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
19All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8380 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
187,189+20.4% since 2020
Households
58,227
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
897 sq. mi.
People per square mile
188
Median household income
$87,751+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,273
Median home value
$246,200
Jobs located here
39,017
Daytime population
129,254Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Oklahoma

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

Top counties in Oklahoma

Counties in Oklahoma ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rogers County, OK84339.0$4.3M+7.1%#78 of 2,222
2Wagoner County, OK803912.4$3.1M+14.6%#138 of 2,222
3Logan County, OK802413.5$3M+11.5%#139 of 2,222
4Osage County, OK76126.9$5M+2.2%#201 of 2,222
5Canadian County, OK668314.3$2.8M+20.4%#534 of 2,222
6Creek County, OK653211.3$3M+4.4%#557 of 2,222
7Grady County, OK633014.5$2.6M+7.7%#635 of 2,222
8Ottawa County, OK57108.4$3.5M+0.7%#850 of 2,222
9Lincoln County, OK571813.7$2.5M+5.3%#875 of 2,222
10Delaware County, OK542313.4$2.4M+3.8%#1,005 of 2,222

Other business types in Canadian County

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Canadian County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 fast food and sandwich shops in Canadian County. 80 of them (96%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 108 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 18.7% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 19 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Canadian County, OK spend on food away from home?

About $235.5M a year, or $4,045 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 58,227 households in Canadian County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Canadian County has 14.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Canadian County would have about 77, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 539 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Canadian County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Canadian County at 187,189 people in 2025, up 20.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,227 households. Median household income in Canadian County is $87,751, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Canadian County scores 66 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #534 of 2,222 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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