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Fast food and sandwich shops in Pecos County, TX

How Pecos County, TX 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 18 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,096 of 2,222 scored counties
#147 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
12
9 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
12
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$19.1M
On food away from home · $3,648 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.9
72% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,560
−4.1% 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

Pecos County scores 18 (low) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #2,096 of 2,222 scored counties and #147 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 fast food and sandwich shops in Pecos County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 75%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.9, 72% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Pecos County comes to about $19.1M a year: $3,648 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per shop, 48% below 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 12 businesses with payroll in Pecos County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 437 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pecos County declined 4.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Pecos 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 Pecos County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasurePecos CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.915.713.3
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)437451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,648$3,970$4,070
Median household income$72,750$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1843

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 12All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
268
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
129 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
14,560−4.1% since 2020
Households
5,238
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
4,764 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$72,750+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,352
Median home value
$165,700
Jobs located here
3,945
Daytime population
12,681Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Texas

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

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
147Pecos County, TX181222.9$1.6M−4.1%#2,096 of 2,222

Other business types in Pecos 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 Pecos County, TX?

There are 12 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Pecos County as of September 2026. 9 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. 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 Pecos County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $19.1M a year, or $3,648 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 5,238 households in Pecos County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pecos County has 22.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 72% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Pecos County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 437 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Pecos County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Pecos County at 14,560 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,238 households. The median household income in Pecos County is $72,750 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% 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. Pecos County scores 18 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #2,096 of 2,222 scored counties.

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