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Fast food and sandwich shops in Grimes County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Grimes County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #562 of 2,222 scored counties
#23 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 13
- 13 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $36.7M
- On food away from home · $3,579 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,252
- +16.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Grimes County comes to about $36.7M a year: $3,579 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Grimes County has 13 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 12.7 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Grimes County in 2023. That is one for every 641 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 list 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grimes County.
Population estimates put the population change in Grimes County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Grimes County is 65 (upper middle), #562 of 2,222 scored counties and #23 of 159 scored counties in Texas.
How Grimes 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.
| Measure | Grimes County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 15.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 641 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,579 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,803 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 16All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 203
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Grimes 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 Grimes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,252+16.3% since 2020
- Households
- 10,255
- Median age
- 40.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 788 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $69,803+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $96,294
- Median home value
- $237,400
- Jobs located here
- 6,288
- Daytime population
- 21,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Texas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Grimes County marked.
Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jacinto County, TX | 84 | 6 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +7.1% | #66 of 2,222 |
| 2Bandera County, TX | 82 | 8 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +9.0% | #97 of 2,222 |
| 3Guadalupe County, TX | 78 | 89 | 13.6 | $3.1M | +15.8% | #174 of 2,222 |
| 4Travis County, TX | 77 | 638 | 10.9 | $4.2M | +7.2% | #190 of 2,222 |
| 5Llano County, TX | 76 | 11 | 10.2 | $3.7M | +9.5% | #212 of 2,222 |
| 6Williamson County, TX | 75 | 325 | 12.9 | $3.7M | +22.3% | #230 of 2,222 |
| 7Fort Bend County, TX | 72 | 392 | 13.4 | $3.6M | +17.4% | #312 of 2,222 |
| 8Parker County, TX | 72 | 80 | 14.2 | $3.2M | +23.5% | #318 of 2,222 |
| 9Gillespie County, TX | 71 | 14 | 12.2 | $3.3M | +6.6% | #338 of 2,222 |
| 10Bastrop County, TX | 71 | 57 | 15.5 | $2.6M | +21.3% | #345 of 2,222 |
| 23Grimes County, TX | 65 | 13 | 12.7 | $2.8M | +16.3% | #562 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Grimes County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Grimes County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 fast food and sandwich shops in Grimes County. 13 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grimes County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $36.7M a year, or $3,579 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 10,255 households in Grimes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grimes County, TX compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Grimes County has 12.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Grimes County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 641 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Grimes County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Grimes County at 34,252 people in 2025, up 16.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,255 households. Median household income in Grimes County is $69,803, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Grimes County scores 65 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #562 of 2,222 scored counties.
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