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Fast food and sandwich shops in Grayson County, TX

The fast food and sandwich shops in Grayson County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #929 of 2,222 scored counties
#49 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
83
71 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
103
All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$205.6M
On food away from home · $3,721 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.0
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
153,613
+12.8% 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

At $3,721 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Grayson County spend about $205.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.5M per shop, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Grayson County has 83 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 71 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.0, 13% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Grayson County in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 536 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. Official counts also show 21 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grayson County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grayson County grew 12.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Grayson County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #929 of 2,222 scored counties and #49 of 159 scored counties in Texas.

How Grayson County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Grayson County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGrayson CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.015.713.3
Spending per listing$2.5M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)536451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+12.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.8%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,721$3,970$4,070
Median household income$72,182$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5643

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
92 → 103All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,296
Annual payroll, 2023
$44.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
21All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8371 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
153,613+12.8% since 2020
Households
55,248
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
933 sq. mi.
People per square mile
154
Median household income
$72,182+31.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,000
Median home value
$248,400
Jobs located here
48,982
Daytime population
126,889Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1San Jacinto County, TX8465.5$6.2M+7.1%#66 of 2,222
2Bandera County, TX8288.6$4.3M+9.0%#97 of 2,222
3Guadalupe County, TX788913.6$3.1M+15.8%#174 of 2,222
4Travis County, TX7763810.9$4.2M+7.2%#190 of 2,222
5Llano County, TX761110.2$3.7M+9.5%#212 of 2,222
6Williamson County, TX7532512.9$3.7M+22.3%#230 of 2,222
7Fort Bend County, TX7239213.4$3.6M+17.4%#312 of 2,222
8Parker County, TX728014.2$3.2M+23.5%#318 of 2,222
9Gillespie County, TX711412.2$3.3M+6.6%#338 of 2,222
10Bastrop County, TX715715.5$2.6M+21.3%#345 of 2,222
49Grayson County, TX568315.0$2.5M+12.8%#929 of 2,222

Other business types in Grayson 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 Grayson County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 fast food and sandwich shops in Grayson County. 71 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 103 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.0% 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 Grayson County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $205.6M a year, or $3,721 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 55,248 households in Grayson County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grayson County has 15.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Grayson County would have about 67, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 536 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Grayson County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Grayson County at 153,613 people in 2025, up 12.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,248 households. Median household income in Grayson County is $72,182, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.7%, 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. Grayson County scores 56 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #929 of 2,222 scored counties.

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