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Fast food and sandwich shops in Victoria County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,877 of 2,222 scored counties
#120 of 159 scored counties in Texas

Listings
65
62 chain locations (95%)
Official establishments
79
All limited-service restaurants · +4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$124M
On food away from home · $3,559 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.6
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
92,656
+1.5% since 2020

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What this means

For fast food and sandwich shops, Victoria County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,877 of 2,222 scored counties and #120 of 159 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 65 fast food and sandwich shops in Victoria County. Of those, 62 are chain locations, or 95%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.6, 40% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,559 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in Victoria County spend about $124M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 37% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Victoria County was 79 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 441 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Victoria County. Population estimates put the population change in Victoria County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Victoria 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 Victoria County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVictoria CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.615.713.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)441451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,559$3,970$4,070
Median household income$70,896$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2943

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
76 → 79All limited-service restaurants · +4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,935
Annual payroll, 2023
$35.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6562 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$4.2M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
92,656+1.5% since 2020
Households
34,855
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
882 sq. mi.
People per square mile
104
Median household income
$70,896+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,279
Median home value
$209,900
Jobs located here
34,440
Daytime population
85,969Residents 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 Victoria 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
120Victoria County, TX296518.6$1.9M+1.5%#1,877 of 2,222

Other business types in Victoria County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Victoria County, TX?

There are 65 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Victoria County as of September 2026. 62 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 79 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Victoria County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $124M a year, or $3,559 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 65 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 34,855 households in Victoria County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Victoria County has 18.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Victoria County would have about 41, against 65 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 441 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Victoria County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Victoria County at 92,656 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,855 households. The median household income in Victoria County is $70,896 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.7% 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. Victoria County scores 29 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,877 of 2,222 scored counties.

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