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Fast food and sandwich shops in Kay County, OK

How Kay County, OK 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 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,070 of 2,222 scored counties
#51 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma

Listings
29
28 chain locations (97%)
Official establishments
39
All limited-service restaurants · +8.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$54.7M
On food away from home · $3,263 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
17.3
30% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,490
−0.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Kay County is 19 (low), #2,070 of 2,222 scored counties and #51 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Kay County comes to about $54.7M a year: $3,263 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Kay County has 29 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 97% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 17.3 for every 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Kay County in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 430 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. Population estimates put the population change in Kay County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Kay 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 Kay County, OK compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureKay CountyOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households17.315.613.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.3M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)430517478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.3%+0.5%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,263$3,519$4,070
Median household income$58,423$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score1933

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
36 → 39All limited-service restaurants · +8.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
720
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2928 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
43,490−0.3% since 2020
Households
16,776
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
920 sq. mi.
People per square mile
47
Median household income
$58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,308
Median home value
$124,700
Jobs located here
15,500
Daytime population
42,294Residents 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 Kay 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
51Kay County, OK192917.3$1.9M−0.3%#2,070 of 2,222

Other business types in Kay 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 Kay County, OK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 fast food and sandwich shops in Kay County. 28 of them (97%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $54.7M a year, or $3,263 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 29 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Kay County has 17.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Kay County would have about 18, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 430 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Kay County, OK growing?

Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 19 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,070 of 2,222 scored counties.

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