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Fast food and sandwich shops in Eau Claire County, WI
How Eau Claire County, WI 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,199 of 2,222 scored counties
#55 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 77
- 69 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 82
- All limited-service restaurants · −3.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $173.2M
- On food away from home · $3,873 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.2
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 109,033
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Eau Claire County spend about $173.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,873 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.2M per shop, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 77 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Eau Claire County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.2, 29% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Eau Claire County in 2023, down 3.5% from 2019. That is one for every 545 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 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Eau Claire County.
Population estimates show Eau Claire County grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For fast food and sandwich shops, Eau Claire County has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #1,199 of 2,222 scored counties and #55 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Eau Claire County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Eau Claire County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.2 | 11.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 545 | 632 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.5% | +3.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,873 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,546 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 85 → 82All limited-service restaurants · −3.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,656
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7769 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 57The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $4.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Eau Claire County, 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 Eau Claire County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 109,033+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 44,726
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $74,546+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,242
- Median home value
- $261,000
- Jobs located here
- 60,899
- Daytime population
- 119,781Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Eau Claire County marked.
Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calumet County, WI | 89 | 12 | 5.6 | $7.5M | +2.9% | #17 of 2,222 |
| 2Pierce County, WI | 88 | 13 | 8.2 | $5.2M | +3.1% | #29 of 2,222 |
| 3Lafayette County, WI | 86 | 5 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +5.2% | #40 of 2,222 |
| 4Vernon County, WI | 84 | 6 | 4.8 | $7.7M | +2.4% | #65 of 2,222 |
| 5Oconto County, WI | 84 | 11 | 6.5 | $5.9M | +2.9% | #67 of 2,222 |
| 6Kewaunee County, WI | 83 | 5 | 6.0 | $6.6M | +1.0% | #83 of 2,222 |
| 7Sawyer County, WI | 82 | 5 | 5.7 | $6.1M | +4.0% | #91 of 2,222 |
| 8St. Croix County, WI | 82 | 43 | 11.5 | $4.1M | +4.7% | #99 of 2,222 |
| 9Iowa County, WI | 81 | 9 | 8.9 | $4.5M | +1.0% | #113 of 2,222 |
| 10Polk County, WI | 80 | 15 | 7.7 | $5M | +1.7% | #119 of 2,222 |
| 55Eau Claire County, WI | 49 | 77 | 17.2 | $2.2M | +3.0% | #1,199 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Eau Claire County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Eau Claire County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 77 fast food and sandwich shops in Eau Claire County. 69 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, down 3.5% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Eau Claire County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $173.2M a year, or $3,873 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 44,726 households in Eau Claire County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eau Claire County, WI compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Eau Claire County has 17.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Eau Claire County would have about 57, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 545 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Eau Claire County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Eau Claire County at 109,033 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,726 households. Median household income in Eau Claire County is $74,546, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Eau Claire County scores 49 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,199 of 2,222 scored counties.
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