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Fast food and sandwich shops in Harrison County, IA

How Harrison County, IA 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #565 of 2,222 scored counties
#23 of 57 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
5
4 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
12
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$23.6M
On food away from home · $3,881 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
55% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
38% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,623
+0.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 fast food and sandwich shops in Harrison County. Chain locations make up 80% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That is 8.2 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

At $3,881 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Harrison County spend about $23.6M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 55% above 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 12 businesses with payroll in Harrison County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 507 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 show Harrison County grew 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Harrison County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #565 of 2,222 scored counties and #23 of 57 scored counties in Iowa.

How Harrison County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Harrison County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureHarrison CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.212.213.3
Spending per listing$4.7M$3.2M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)507628478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,881$3,880$4,070
Median household income$79,535$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score6459

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 12All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
182
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
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
8The 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 Harrison 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 Harrison County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,623+0.4% since 2020
Households
6,089
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$79,535+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,184
Median home value
$176,000
Jobs located here
3,669
Daytime population
11,431Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Harrison County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Madison County, IA8957.5$5.6M+3.8%#22 of 2,222
2Warren County, IA882110.2$4.3M+9.0%#33 of 2,222
3Jones County, IA8467.3$5.1M+2.9%#71 of 2,222
4Dallas County, IA835011.8$4M+17.8%#89 of 2,222
5Bremer County, IA8099.3$4.3M+1.1%#128 of 2,222
6Buchanan County, IA7978.5$4.4M+1.3%#149 of 2,222
7Delaware County, IA7856.8$5.6M+1.3%#156 of 2,222
8Boone County, IA781110.1$4M+0.4%#169 of 2,222
9Winneshiek County, IA7378.6$4.5M−1.6%#275 of 2,222
10Jackson County, IA7378.5$4.4M−0.8%#276 of 2,222
23Harrison County, IA6458.2$4.7M+0.4%#565 of 2,222

Other business types in Harrison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Harrison County, IA?

There are 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Harrison County 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 12 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 Harrison County, IA spend on food away from home?

About $23.6M a year, or $3,881 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 6,089 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Harrison County, IA compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?

Harrison County has 8.2 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 55% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Harrison County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 507 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Harrison County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Harrison County at 14,623 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,089 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $79,535 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. Harrison County scores 64 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #565 of 2,222 scored counties.

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