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Fast food and sandwich shops in Newport News city, VA
How Newport News 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,919 of 2,222 scored counties
#80 of 100 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 115
- 95 chain locations (83%)
- Official establishments
- 179
- All limited-service restaurants · +5.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $268.7M
- On food away from home · $3,531 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 183,230
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Newport News city scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,919 of 2,222 scored counties and #80 of 100 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 115 fast food and sandwich shops in Newport News city. Chain locations make up 83% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 15.1 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Newport News city comes to about $268.7M a year: $3,531 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per shop, 23% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 179 businesses with payroll in Newport News city classed as limited-service restaurants, up 5.3% from 2019. That is one for every 425 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. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Newport News city. Population estimates put the population change in Newport News city from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Newport News 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 | Newport News city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 425 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.3% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,531 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,634 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 170 → 179All limited-service restaurants · +5.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,246
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $62.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 35All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11595 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 88The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Newport News 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 Newport News city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 183,230−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 76,112
- Median age
- 36.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 69 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,670
- Median household income
- $69,634+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,058
- Median home value
- $260,600
- Jobs located here
- 98,238
- Daytime population
- 206,364Residents 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 Newport News 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 |
| 80Newport News city, VA | 27 | 115 | 15.1 | $2.3M | −1.5% | #1,919 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Newport News city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops27
- Pizza38
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Newport News city, VA?
Newport News city has 115 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 95 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 179 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 5.3% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts also show 35 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Newport News city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $268.7M a year, or $3,531 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 115 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 76,112 households in Newport News city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Newport News city, VA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Newport News city has 15.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Newport News city would have about 88, against 115 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 425 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Newport News city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Newport News city at 183,230 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 76,112 households. The median household income in Newport News city is $69,634 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.9% 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. Newport News city scores 27 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,919 of 2,222 scored counties.
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