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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Victoria, TX metro area

How the Victoria, TX metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #349 of 387 scored metro areas
#19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
69
65 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
83
All limited-service restaurants · +5.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$133.9M
On food away from home · $3,556 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.3
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,864
+1.6% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, the Victoria metro area has a Groundwork market score of 23 (low): #349 of 387 scored metro areas and #19 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

At $3,556 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Victoria metro area spend about $133.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 36% 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 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Victoria metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 94% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.3, 38% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Victoria metro area was 83 in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. That is one for every 454 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 $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Victoria metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Victoria metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Victoria metro area 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, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureVictoria metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.315.713.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.5M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)454451478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.1%+9.0%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,556$3,970$4,070
Median household income$70,236$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2343

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
83All limited-service restaurants · +5.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,023
Annual payroll, 2023
$37.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
11All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6965 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
44The 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 the Victoria metro area, 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 the Victoria metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
99,864+1.6% since 2020
Households
37,666
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,734 sq. mi.
People per square mile
57
Median household income
$70,236+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,592
Median home value
$208,800
Jobs located here
35,654
Daytime population
91,392Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Victoria metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX841,20212.1$3.7M+14.0%#13 of 387
2Midland, TX5910915.7$2.8M+9.8%#142 of 387
3Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX574,00315.0$2.7M+10.3%#159 of 387
4Sherman-Denison, TX568315.0$2.5M+12.8%#162 of 387
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX534,60915.9$2.7M+10.6%#180 of 387
6San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX511,44414.9$2.6M+9.5%#191 of 387
7Odessa, TX448913.8$2.7M+5.0%#233 of 387
8Killeen-Temple, TX3928416.0$2.2M+7.2%#268 of 387
9McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX3250918.8$1.7M+5.6%#306 of 387
10Amarillo, TX3016115.6$2.3M+2.7%#311 of 387
19Victoria, TX236918.3$1.9M+1.6%#349 of 387

Other business types in the Victoria metro area

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Victoria, TX metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 69 fast food and sandwich shops in the Victoria metro area. 65 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 83 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.1% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Victoria, TX metro area spend on food away from home?

About $133.9M a year, or $3,556 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 69 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 37,666 households in the Victoria metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Victoria metro area has 18.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Victoria metro area would have about 44, against 69 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 454 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Victoria, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Victoria metro area at 99,864 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,666 households. Median household income in the Victoria metro area is $70,236, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. The Victoria metro area scores 23 for fast food and sandwich shops (low), #349 of 387 scored metro areas.

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