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Fast food and sandwich shops in the Yakima, WA metro area
The fast food and sandwich shops in the Yakima, WA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #156 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 99
- 88 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- 156
- All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $315.6M
- On food away from home · $3,599 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 259,185
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Yakima metro area spend about $315.6M a year on food away from home, or $3,599 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 99 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $3.2M per shop, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
The Yakima metro area has 99 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in the Yakima metro area was 156 in 2023, up 10.6% from 2019. That is one for every 562 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. Another 25 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $700K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Yakima metro area.
Population estimates show the Yakima metro area grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, the Yakima metro area has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #156 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington.
How the Yakima metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Yakima metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 562 | 593 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.6% | +2.7% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,599 | $4,501 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,656 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 86 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 156All limited-service restaurants · +10.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,045
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $70.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9988 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 103The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $700K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in the Yakima 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 Yakima metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 259,185+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 87,708
- Median age
- 34.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 4,295 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $70,656+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,451
- Median home value
- $310,100
- Jobs located here
- 108,597
- Daytime population
- 259,646Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Washington market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Washington for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Washington (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Yakima metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 86 | 105 | 9.7 | $4.7M | +2.7% | #7 of 387 |
| 2Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 85 | 46 | 9.7 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #8 of 387 |
| 3Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 84 | 1,696 | 10.5 | $4.7M | +3.3% | #10 of 387 |
| 4Bellingham, WA | 83 | 98 | 10.4 | $3.9M | +3.9% | #17 of 387 |
| 5Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 80 | 135 | 11.4 | $3.8M | +2.8% | #26 of 387 |
| 6Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 79 | 52 | 9.9 | $4.2M | +2.4% | #30 of 387 |
| 7Kennewick-Richland, WA | 75 | 137 | 12.7 | $3.3M | +6.5% | #48 of 387 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 72 | 1,122 | 11.1 | $4M | +1.0% | #60 of 387 |
| 8Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | 69 | 299 | 12.6 | $3.1M | +3.5% | #79 of 387 |
| 9Walla Walla, WA | 68 | 24 | 10.2 | $3.7M | −0.4% | #83 of 387 |
| 11Yakima, WA | 57 | 99 | 11.3 | $3.2M | +1.0% | #156 of 387 |
Other business types in the Yakima metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants38
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes14
- Bakeries and dessert shops30
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in the Yakima, WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 99 fast food and sandwich shops in the Yakima metro area. 88 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 156 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 10.6% 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 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Yakima, WA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $315.6M a year, or $3,599 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 99 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 87,708 households in the Yakima metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Yakima, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
The Yakima metro area has 11.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, the Yakima metro area would have about 103, against 99 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 562 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Yakima, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Yakima metro area at 259,185 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,708 households. Median household income in the Yakima metro area is $70,656, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.8%, 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 Yakima metro area scores 57 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #156 of 387 scored metro areas.
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