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Fast food and sandwich shops in Danville city, VA
How Danville city, 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 · out of 100
Score 4 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,218 of 2,222 scored counties
#99 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 48
- 39 chain locations (81%)
- Official establishments
- 68
- All limited-service restaurants · +1.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $55.7M
- On food away from home · $2,921 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 62% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.2
- 89% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 41,647
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Danville city scores 4 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #2,218 of 2,222 scored counties and #99 of 100 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Danville city spend about $55.7M a year on food away from home, or $2,921 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 48 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $1.2M per shop, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Danville city has 48 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 39 are chain locations, or 81%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 25.2 for every 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 68 businesses with payroll in Danville city classed as limited-service restaurants, up 1.5% from 2019. That is one for every 280 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. Population estimates show Danville city declined 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Danville 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 | Danville city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 280 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,921 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,423 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 4 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 67 → 68All limited-service restaurants · +1.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,738
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4839 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Danville 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 Danville city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 41,647−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 19,066
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 43 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 986
- Median household income
- $44,423+19.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,871
- Median home value
- $119,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,865
- Daytime population
- 50,398Residents 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 Danville 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 |
| 99Danville city, VA | 4 | 48 | 25.2 | $1.2M | −2.2% | #2,218 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Danville city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes7
- Sit-down restaurants7
- Fast food and sandwich shops4
- Pizza10
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Danville city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 fast food and sandwich shops in Danville city. 39 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 68 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 1.5% 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 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Danville city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $55.7M a year, or $2,921 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 19,066 households in Danville city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Danville city, VA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Danville city has 25.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 62% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Danville city would have about 18, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 280 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Danville city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Danville city at 41,647 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 19,066 households. Median household income in Danville city is $44,423, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.4%, 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. Danville city scores 4 for fast food and sandwich shops (very low), #2,218 of 2,222 scored counties.
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