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Fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County, OK
How Ottawa 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #850 of 2,222 scored counties
#8 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 10
- 9 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $34.8M
- On food away from home · $2,919 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,438
- +0.7% since 2020
See the fast food and sandwich shops around any address in Ottawa County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County. 9 of them (90%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 37% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Ottawa County comes to about $34.8M a year: $2,919 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.5M per shop, 14% above 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 14 businesses with payroll in Ottawa County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 852 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ottawa County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Ottawa County is 57 (upper middle), #850 of 2,222 scored counties and #8 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Ottawa 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.
| Measure | Ottawa County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 852 | 517 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,919 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $49,947 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 14All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 292
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 109 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 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
- 30,438+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,921
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $49,947+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,916
- Median home value
- $123,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,895
- Daytime population
- 29,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Ottawa County?
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Every Oklahoma market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oklahoma for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with Ottawa County marked.
Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogers County, OK | 84 | 33 | 9.0 | $4.3M | +7.1% | #78 of 2,222 |
| 2Wagoner County, OK | 80 | 39 | 12.4 | $3.1M | +14.6% | #138 of 2,222 |
| 3Logan County, OK | 80 | 24 | 13.5 | $3M | +11.5% | #139 of 2,222 |
| 4Osage County, OK | 76 | 12 | 6.9 | $5M | +2.2% | #201 of 2,222 |
| 5Canadian County, OK | 66 | 83 | 14.3 | $2.8M | +20.4% | #534 of 2,222 |
| 6Creek County, OK | 65 | 32 | 11.3 | $3M | +4.4% | #557 of 2,222 |
| 7Grady County, OK | 63 | 30 | 14.5 | $2.6M | +7.7% | #635 of 2,222 |
| 8Ottawa County, OK | 57 | 10 | 8.4 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #850 of 2,222 |
| 9Lincoln County, OK | 57 | 18 | 13.7 | $2.5M | +5.3% | #875 of 2,222 |
| 10Delaware County, OK | 54 | 23 | 13.4 | $2.4M | +3.8% | #1,005 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 cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes16
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Ottawa County, OK?
There are 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Ottawa County as of September 2026. 9 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in Ottawa County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $34.8M a year, or $2,919 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 11,921 households in Ottawa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ottawa County, OK compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Ottawa County has 8.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Ottawa County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 852 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Ottawa County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Ottawa County at 30,438 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,921 households. The median household income in Ottawa County is $49,947 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.3% 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. Ottawa County scores 57 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #850 of 2,222 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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