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Fast food and sandwich shops in Alcona County, MI
How Alcona County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $17.3M
- On food away from home · $3,256 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,556
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Alcona County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on food away from home in Alcona County comes to about $17.3M a year: $3,256 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $8.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings. 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 3 businesses with payroll in Alcona County classed as limited-service restaurants. That is one for every 1,768 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 Alcona County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Alcona County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Alcona County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alcona County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $8.6M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 1,768 | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,256 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,993 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 3All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 10
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $272K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Alcona 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 Alcona County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,556+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,305
- Median age
- 59.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 90%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 675 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 15
- Median household income
- $54,993+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,179
- Median home value
- $162,800
- Jobs located here
- 1,273
- Daytime population
- 8,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barry County, MI | 85 | 12 | 4.9 | $8M | +2.2% | #49 of 2,222 |
| 2Antrim County, MI | 85 | 6 | 5.4 | $6.9M | +5.3% | #50 of 2,222 |
| 3Leelanau County, MI | 84 | 8 | 8.3 | $5.5M | +3.0% | #68 of 2,222 |
| 4Cass County, MI | 80 | 9 | 4.2 | $9M | +0.2% | #116 of 2,222 |
| 5Clinton County, MI | 79 | 29 | 9.2 | $4.6M | +1.6% | #145 of 2,222 |
| 6Kalkaska County, MI | 78 | 6 | 7.7 | $4.5M | +4.3% | #160 of 2,222 |
| 7Oceana County, MI | 77 | 6 | 5.8 | $6M | +1.7% | #177 of 2,222 |
| 8Livingston County, MI | 77 | 79 | 10.3 | $4.6M | +1.7% | #187 of 2,222 |
| 9Ottawa County, MI | 77 | 118 | 10.6 | $4.1M | +3.9% | #192 of 2,222 |
| 10Newaygo County, MI | 75 | 15 | 7.6 | $4.5M | +3.1% | #221 of 2,222 |
| Alcona County, MI | Not scored | 2 | 3.8 | $8.6M | +3.7% |
Other business types in Alcona County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants57
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Alcona County, MI?
Alcona County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 3 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 Alcona County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $17.3M a year, or $3,256 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $8.6M 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 5,305 households in Alcona County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alcona County, MI compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Alcona County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Alcona County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,768 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Alcona County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Alcona County at 10,556 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,305 households. The median household income in Alcona County is $54,993 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. Alcona County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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