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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #181 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 74
- 64 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 85
- All limited-service restaurants · −1.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $188.8M
- On food away from home · $3,615 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.2
- 7% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,692
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 74 fast food and sandwich shops in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area. 64 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.2, 7% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
At $3,615 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area spend about $188.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 74 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 16% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area was 85 in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 615 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $304K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #181 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 9 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area 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 | Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.2 | 13.2 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 615 | 471 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −1.2% | +3.6% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,615 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,544 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 85All limited-service restaurants · −1.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,701
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7464 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 62The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $304K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area, 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 the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,692+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 52,233
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,002 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 127
- Median household income
- $73,544+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,893
- Median home value
- $284,500
- Jobs located here
- 51,901
- Daytime population
- 117,298Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charlottesville, VA | 76 | 105 | 11.6 | $3.8M | +3.1% | #41 of 387 |
| 2Richmond, VA | 71 | 691 | 13.0 | $3.2M | +5.5% | #65 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 68 | 2,863 | 12.1 | $4.3M | +3.3% | #82 of 387 |
| 3Winchester, VA-WV | 63 | 81 | 14.6 | $2.8M | +6.5% | #118 of 387 |
| 4Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 53 | 74 | 14.2 | $2.6M | +3.2% | #181 of 387 |
| 5Roanoke, VA | 45 | 186 | 14.1 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #229 of 387 |
| 6Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 42 | 1,005 | 14.2 | $2.8M | +0.9% | #244 of 387 |
| 7Lynchburg, VA | 41 | 155 | 15.0 | $2.4M | +2.9% | #254 of 387 |
| 8Harrisonburg, VA | 39 | 75 | 15.0 | $2.5M | +3.5% | #265 of 387 |
| 9Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA | 30 | 108 | 15.4 | $2.3M | −0.1% | #313 of 387 |
Other business types in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops70
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area?
There are 74 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area as of September 2026. 64 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 85 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 1.2% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $188.8M a year, or $3,615 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 74 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 52,233 households in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area has 14.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 7% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area would have about 62, against 74 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 615 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area at 129,692 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,233 households. The median household income in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area is $73,544 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% 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. The Staunton-Stuarts Draft metro area scores 53 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #181 of 387 scored metro areas.
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