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Fast food and sandwich shops in Tom Green County, TX
The fast food and sandwich shops in Tom Green County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,840 of 2,222 scored counties
#118 of 159 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 76
- 62 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- 104
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $164.5M
- On food away from home · $3,519 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.3
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 120,602
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For fast food and sandwich shops, Tom Green County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,840 of 2,222 scored counties and #118 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Tom Green County comes to about $164.5M a year: $3,519 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 76 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 62 of them (82%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 16.3 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Tom Green County was 104 in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 450 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $540K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tom Green County. Population estimates put the population change in Tom Green County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tom Green 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 | Tom Green County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.3 | 15.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.5M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 450 | 451 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.6% | +9.0% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,519 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,370 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 94 → 104All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,502
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7662 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $540K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Tom Green 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 Tom Green County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 120,602+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 46,756
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,522 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,590
- Median home value
- $197,000
- Jobs located here
- 47,889
- Daytime population
- 118,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 118Tom Green County, TX | 30 | 76 | 16.3 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #1,840 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Tom Green County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops30
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Tom Green County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 76 fast food and sandwich shops in Tom Green County. 62 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 104 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Tom Green County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $164.5M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tom Green County, TX compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Tom Green County has 16.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 54, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 450 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 30 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,840 of 2,222 scored counties.
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