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Fast food and sandwich shops in Buckingham County, VA
How Buckingham County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.7M
- On food away from home · $3,305 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 17,137
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Buckingham County. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on food away from home in Buckingham County comes to about $20.7M a year: $3,305 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.4M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Buckingham County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in Buckingham County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Buckingham County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Buckingham County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Buckingham County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $10.4M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,305 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,828 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Buckingham 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 Buckingham County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,137+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,274
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 580 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $60,828+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,646
- Median home value
- $173,400
- Jobs located here
- 3,142
- Daytime population
- 13,335Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 7 | 6.8 | $7.4M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,222 |
| 2New Kent County, VA | 95 | 10 | 10.8 | $4.5M | +21.2% | #4 of 2,222 |
| 3Powhatan County, VA | 94 | 8 | 7.1 | $6.6M | +7.0% | #5 of 2,222 |
| 4Louisa County, VA | 93 | 11 | 7.1 | $5.8M | +13.6% | #7 of 2,222 |
| 5Greene County, VA | 88 | 6 | 7.5 | $5.7M | +6.6% | #27 of 2,222 |
| 6Rockingham County, VA | 88 | 24 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +6.6% | #28 of 2,222 |
| 7Albemarle County, VA | 88 | 45 | 9.8 | $4.7M | +5.1% | #30 of 2,222 |
| 8Caroline County, VA | 86 | 13 | 10.8 | $3.7M | +11.3% | #48 of 2,222 |
| 9Isle of Wight County, VA | 84 | 14 | 8.9 | $4.8M | +6.7% | #75 of 2,222 |
| 10Bedford County, VA | 84 | 27 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +4.4% | #76 of 2,222 |
| Buckingham County, VA | Not scored | 2 | 3.2 | $10.4M | +1.9% |
Other business types in Buckingham County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes76
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Buckingham County, VA?
Buckingham County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Buckingham County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Buckingham County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $20.7M a year, or $3,305 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $10.4M 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 6,274 households in Buckingham County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buckingham County, VA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Buckingham County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Buckingham County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Buckingham County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Buckingham County at 17,137 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,274 households. The median household income in Buckingham County is $60,828 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.1% 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. Buckingham County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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