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Fast food and sandwich shops in Iron County, UT

How Iron County, UT 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,474 of 2,222 scored counties
#16 of 20 scored counties in Utah

Listings
32
30 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
57
All limited-service restaurants · +23.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$72.4M
On food away from home · $3,594 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.9
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
67,141
+16.4% 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

Households in Iron County spend about $72.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,594 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Iron County has 32 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 30 are chain locations, or 94%, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.9, 20% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Iron County in 2023, up 23.9% from 2019. That is one for every 354 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. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $122K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Iron County.

Population estimates show Iron County grew 16.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Iron County is 41 (lower middle), #1,474 of 2,222 scored counties and #16 of 20 scored counties in Utah.

How Iron County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Iron County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureIron CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.915.513.3
Spending per listing$2.3M$2.8M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)354402478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+23.9%+12.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.4%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,594$4,339$4,070
Median household income$66,247$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score4147

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
46 → 57All limited-service restaurants · +23.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,197
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
3230 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
24The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$122K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
67,141+16.4% since 2020
Households
20,157
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
3,296 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,495
Median home value
$379,000
Jobs located here
23,946
Daytime population
58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT802912.1$3.7M+19.2%#133 of 2,222
2Wasatch County, UT791410.9$4.6M+9.9%#146 of 2,222
3Duchesne County, UT61811.6$3.3M+6.3%#696 of 2,222
4Davis County, UT6116914.6$3.2M+4.8%#701 of 2,222
5Weber County, UT6112713.5$3.1M+5.8%#706 of 2,222
6Utah County, UT5633116.3$2.8M+14.5%#920 of 2,222
7Cache County, UT556113.7$2.9M+8.5%#950 of 2,222
8Salt Lake County, UT5264515.1$2.9M+2.9%#1,068 of 2,222
9Uintah County, UT511814.8$2.5M+7.3%#1,114 of 2,222
10Box Elder County, UT513517.9$2.2M+12.7%#1,118 of 2,222
16Iron County, UT413215.9$2.3M+16.4%#1,474 of 2,222

Other business types in Iron 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 Iron County, UT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 fast food and sandwich shops in Iron County. 30 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 57 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 23.9% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Iron County, UT spend on food away from home?

About $72.4M a year, or $3,594 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 20,157 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Iron County has 15.9 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Iron County would have about 24, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 354 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 23.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Iron County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Iron County at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in Iron County is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Iron County scores 41 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,474 of 2,222 scored counties.

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