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Fast food and sandwich shops in Butler County, PA

How Butler County, PA 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 78 out of 100: High

Ranked #163 of 2,222 scored counties
#4 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
78
69 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
132
All limited-service restaurants · −3.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$341.8M
On food away from home · $4,228 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
200,169
+3.2% since 2020

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What this means

Butler County scores 78 (high) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #163 of 2,222 scored counties and #4 of 63 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.

Households in Butler County spend about $341.8M a year on food away from home, or $4,228 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.4M per shop, 44% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Butler County has 78 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 69 are chain locations, or 88%, against 79% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 132 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Butler County in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 612 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, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $6.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Butler County. Population estimates show Butler County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Butler County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Butler County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureButler CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.711.013.3
Spending per listing$4.4M$3.6M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)612538478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.6%+2.2%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.2%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,228$3,973$4,070
Median household income$89,843$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7862

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
137 → 132All limited-service restaurants · −3.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,586
Annual payroll, 2023
$42.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
21All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
7869 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
112The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
15
Amount
$6.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
200,169+3.2% since 2020
Households
80,824
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
790 sq. mi.
People per square mile
250
Median household income
$89,843+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,941
Median home value
$294,200
Jobs located here
88,999
Daytime population
196,520Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Butler County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pike County, PA86239.5$4.2M+7.2%#45 of 2,222
2Chester County, PA851557.6$6.9M+4.2%#51 of 2,222
3Perry County, PA8473.8$10.1M+2.1%#64 of 2,222
4Butler County, PA78789.7$4.4M+3.2%#163 of 2,222
5Susquehanna County, PA74127.7$4.7M−0.3%#243 of 2,222
6Lancaster County, PA741939.1$4.6M+1.9%#245 of 2,222
7Franklin County, PA74619.6$4M+3.0%#250 of 2,222
8Adams County, PA73338.1$5M+3.6%#272 of 2,222
9Northampton County, PA7312910.5$4M+3.7%#281 of 2,222
10Juniata County, PA7266.6$5.3M−0.3%#296 of 2,222

Other business types in Butler 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 Butler County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 78 fast food and sandwich shops in Butler County. 69 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 132 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 21 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Butler County, PA spend on food away from home?

About $341.8M a year, or $4,228 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 80,824 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Butler County has 9.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.4M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Butler County would have about 112, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 612 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Butler County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Butler County at 200,169 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 80,824 households. Median household income in Butler County is $89,843, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Butler County scores 78 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #163 of 2,222 scored counties.

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