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Fast food and sandwich shops in Kewaunee County, WI
How Kewaunee 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 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #83 of 2,222 scored counties
#6 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 5
- 4 chain locations (80%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $33M
- On food away from home · $3,949 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.6M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 55% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,758
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
For fast food and sandwich shops, Kewaunee County has a Groundwork market score of 83 (high): #83 of 2,222 scored counties and #6 of 60 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for fast food and sandwich shops.
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 fast food and sandwich shops in Kewaunee County. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 6.0 for every 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Households in Kewaunee County spend about $33M a year on food away from home, or $3,949 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $6.6M per shop, 2.2 times 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 Kewaunee County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,194 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. Population estimates put the population change in Kewaunee County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Kewaunee 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 | Kewaunee County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 11.6 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $6.6M | $3.4M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,194 | 632 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +3.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,949 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,725 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 7All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 99
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 54 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,758+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,357
- Median age
- 45.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $82,725+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,858
- Median home value
- $222,200
- Jobs located here
- 6,613
- Daytime population
- 16,138Residents 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 Kewaunee 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 |
Other business types in Kewaunee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops83
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes73
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Kewaunee County, WI?
Kewaunee County has 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops.
How much do households in Kewaunee County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $33M a year, or $3,949 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $6.6M 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 8,357 households in Kewaunee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kewaunee County, WI compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Kewaunee County has 6.0 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 55% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $6.6M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Kewaunee County would have about 11, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,194 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Kewaunee County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Kewaunee County at 20,758 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,357 households. The median household income in Kewaunee County is $82,725 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Kewaunee County scores 83 for fast food and sandwich shops (high), #83 of 2,222 scored counties.
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