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Fast food and sandwich shops in Chesapeake city, VA
The fast food and sandwich shops in Chesapeake city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,020 of 2,222 scored counties
#44 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 135
- 124 chain locations (92%)
- Official establishments
- 232
- All limited-service restaurants · +8.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $407.4M
- On food away from home · $4,351 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 255,332
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,351 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Chesapeake city spend about $407.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 135 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3M per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Chesapeake city has 135 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 124 of them (92%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 232 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Chesapeake city in 2023, up 8.9% from 2019. That is one for every 404 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. Official counts list 36 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chesapeake city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chesapeake city grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Chesapeake city has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #1,020 of 2,222 scored counties and #44 of 100 scored counties in Virginia.
How Chesapeake city 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 | Chesapeake city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 404 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.9% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,351 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,373 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 213 → 232All limited-service restaurants · +8.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,947
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $85.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 134The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Chesapeake city, 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 Chesapeake city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 255,332+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 93,626
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 339 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 746
- Median household income
- $95,373+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,762
- Median home value
- $378,400
- Jobs located here
- 110,716
- Daytime population
- 255,504Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Chesapeake city marked.
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 |
| 44Chesapeake city, VA | 53 | 135 | 14.4 | $3M | +2.3% | #1,020 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Chesapeake city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes81
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Chesapeake city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 135 fast food and sandwich shops in Chesapeake city. 124 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 232 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.9% 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 also show 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Chesapeake city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $407.4M a year, or $4,351 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 135 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $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 93,626 households in Chesapeake city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chesapeake city, VA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Chesapeake city has 14.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Chesapeake city would have about 134, against 135 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 404 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Chesapeake city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Chesapeake city at 255,332 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 93,626 households. Median household income in Chesapeake city is $95,373, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.3%, 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. Chesapeake city scores 53 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,222 scored counties.
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