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Fast food and sandwich shops in Pawnee County, OK
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Pawnee County, OK, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,512 of 2,222 scored counties
#26 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 10
- 7 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On food away from home · $3,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,029
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 fast food and sandwich shops in Pawnee County. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 16.4 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $3,273 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Pawnee County spend about $20M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2M per shop, 34% 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 10 businesses with payroll in Pawnee County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 611 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Pawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Pawnee County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,512 of 2,222 scored counties and #26 of 55 scored counties in Oklahoma.
How Pawnee 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 | Pawnee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 15.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 611 | 517 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,273 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,738 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 235
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 107 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,029+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 6,108
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $58,738+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,199
- Median home value
- $131,500
- Jobs located here
- 3,630
- Daytime population
- 12,439Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Pawnee 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 |
| 26Pawnee County, OK | 40 | 10 | 16.4 | $2M | +3.1% | #1,512 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Pawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops40
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Pawnee County, OK?
Pawnee County has 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 10 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Pawnee County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $20M a year, or $3,273 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 6,108 households in Pawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pawnee County, OK compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Pawnee County has 16.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Pawnee County would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 611 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Pawnee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Pawnee County at 16,029 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,108 households. The median household income in Pawnee County is $58,738 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Pawnee County scores 40 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,512 of 2,222 scored counties.
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