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Fast food and sandwich shops in Orange County, VT

How Orange County, VT 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 86 out of 100: High

Ranked #38 of 2,222 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont

Listings
8
2 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
11
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$50.2M
On food away from home · $3,941 a household
Spending per listing
$6.3M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.3
53% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
30,002
+2.4% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, Orange County has a Groundwork market score of 86 (high): #38 of 2,222 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Vermont. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 fast food and sandwich shops in Orange County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 6.3 per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,941 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Orange County spend about $50.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 8 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $6.3M per shop, 2.1 times 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 Orange County was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,158 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. Population estimates show Orange County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Orange County compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Orange County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureOrange CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.310.213.3
Spending per listing$6.3M$3.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,158629478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.1%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,941$4,013$4,070
Median household income$82,232$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score8670

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 11All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
134
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
4All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
82 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 Orange 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 Orange County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,002+2.4% since 2020
Households
12,742
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
687 sq. mi.
People per square mile
43
Median household income
$82,232+35.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,249
Median home value
$271,300
Jobs located here
7,731
Daytime population
24,637Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Vermont

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

Top counties in Vermont

Counties in Vermont ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Orange County, VT8686.3$6.3M+2.4%#38 of 2,222
2Franklin County, VT82157.5$5.2M+2.3%#93 of 2,222
3Addison County, VT77128.0$5.1M+1.8%#181 of 2,222
4Orleans County, VT74108.3$4.4M+0.7%#247 of 2,222
5Chittenden County, VT687810.9$4M+0.4%#427 of 2,222
6Washington County, VT682911.2$3.6M−0.2%#435 of 2,222
7Windsor County, VT67228.7$4.6M−0.7%#457 of 2,222
8Caledonia County, VT61139.9$3.7M+0.8%#687 of 2,222
9Lamoille County, VT601613.4$2.9M+1.4%#760 of 2,222
10Bennington County, VT571711.3$3.4M−1.8%#853 of 2,222

Other business types in Orange 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 Orange County, VT?

Orange County has 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 11 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Orange County, VT spend on food away from home?

About $50.2M a year, or $3,941 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $6.3M 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 12,742 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Orange County has 6.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 53% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $6.3M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Orange County would have about 17, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,158 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Orange County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Orange County at 30,002 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,742 households. The median household income in Orange County is $82,232 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.0% 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. Orange County scores 86 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #38 of 2,222 scored counties.

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