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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Corvallis, OR metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in the Corvallis, OR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #99 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon

Listings
44
33 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
79
All limited-service restaurants · +11.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$152.9M
On food away from home · $3,969 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
14% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
97,728
+4.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 44 fast food and sandwich shops in the Corvallis metro area. Chain locations make up 75% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,969 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Corvallis metro area spend about $152.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 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 79 businesses with payroll in the Corvallis metro area classed as limited-service restaurants, up 11.3% from 2019. That is one for every 488 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 list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Corvallis metro area.

Population estimates show the Corvallis metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Corvallis metro area scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #99 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.

How the Corvallis metro area 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Corvallis, OR metro area compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureCorvallis metro areaOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.411.713.3
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)488506478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.3%+11.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,969$4,070$4,070
Median household income$77,702$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6657

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
79All limited-service restaurants · +11.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,483
Annual payroll, 2023
$30.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4433 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
50The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Corvallis metro area, 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 the Corvallis metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
97,728+4.4% since 2020
Households
38,537
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
143
Median household income
$77,702+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,303
Median home value
$513,000
Jobs located here
38,819
Daytime population
95,808Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Oregon

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Corvallis metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oregon

Metro areas in Oregon ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bend, OR8412311.8$3.6M+7.0%#15 of 387
2Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA721,12211.1$4M+1.0%#60 of 387
3Albany, OR695410.6$3.4M+3.0%#73 of 387
4Corvallis, OR664411.4$3.5M+4.4%#99 of 387
5Salem, OR5719912.4$3.1M+2.7%#157 of 387
6Eugene-Springfield, OR5118111.3$3.2M−0.7%#187 of 387
7Grants Pass, OR494111.2$3.1M−0.4%#198 of 387
8Medford, OR4711012.0$3.1M−0.9%#214 of 387

Other business types in the Corvallis metro area

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Corvallis, OR metro area?

There are 44 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Corvallis metro area as of September 2026. 33 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Corvallis, OR metro area spend on food away from home?

About $152.9M a year, or $3,969 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 44 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 38,537 households in the Corvallis metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corvallis, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

The Corvallis metro area has 11.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% 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, the Corvallis metro area would have about 50, against 44 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 488 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Corvallis, OR metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corvallis metro area at 97,728 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,537 households. The median household income in the Corvallis metro area is $77,702 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. The Corvallis metro area scores 66 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #99 of 387 scored metro areas.

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