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Fast food and sandwich shops in Clatsop County, OR
How Clatsop County, OR 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,734 of 2,222 scored counties
#27 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 26
- 16 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 50
- All limited-service restaurants · +56.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $66.9M
- On food away from home · $3,718 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 40,926
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Clatsop County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,734 of 2,222 scored counties and #27 of 28 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Clatsop County comes to about $66.9M a year: $3,718 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Clatsop County has 26 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 62% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 14.5 for every 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Clatsop County in 2023, up 56.3% from 2019. That is one for every 360 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $703K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Clatsop County. Population estimates show Clatsop County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Clatsop County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Clatsop County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 360 | 506 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +56.3% | +11.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,718 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,822 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32 → 50All limited-service restaurants · +56.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 890
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $23.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2616 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $703K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Clatsop 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 Clatsop County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,926−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 17,984
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 828 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $71,822+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,117
- Median home value
- $468,300
- Jobs located here
- 17,288
- Daytime population
- 38,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Oregon for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with Clatsop County marked.
Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 91 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.3M | +10.6% | #11 of 2,222 |
| 2Columbia County, OR | 78 | 22 | 10.5 | $3.8M | +2.6% | #171 of 2,222 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 74 | 33 | 10.0 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #249 of 2,222 |
| 4Deschutes County, OR | 73 | 104 | 12.2 | $3.5M | +6.8% | #289 of 2,222 |
| 5Clackamas County, OR | 70 | 175 | 10.7 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #353 of 2,222 |
| 6Washington County, OR | 69 | 259 | 11.0 | $4.3M | +1.8% | #389 of 2,222 |
| 7Yamhill County, OR | 68 | 50 | 12.7 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #445 of 2,222 |
| 8Linn County, OR | 67 | 54 | 10.6 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #479 of 2,222 |
| 9Jefferson County, OR | 67 | 11 | 12.5 | $3M | +4.7% | #491 of 2,222 |
| 10Benton County, OR | 64 | 44 | 11.4 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #577 of 2,222 |
| 27Clatsop County, OR | 33 | 26 | 14.5 | $2.6M | −0.6% | #1,734 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Clatsop County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants19
- Fast food and sandwich shops33
- Pizza24
- Coffee shops and cafes17
- Bakeries and dessert shops17
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Clatsop County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 fast food and sandwich shops in Clatsop County. 16 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 56.3% 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 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clatsop County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $66.9M a year, or $3,718 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 17,984 households in Clatsop County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clatsop County, OR compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Clatsop County has 14.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Clatsop County would have about 22, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 360 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 56.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Clatsop County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Clatsop County at 40,926 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,984 households. Median household income in Clatsop County is $71,822, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Clatsop County scores 33 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,734 of 2,222 scored counties.
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