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Fast food and sandwich shops in Lake County, MI
How Lake 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.4M
- On food away from home · $2,971 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,182
- +9.1% since 2020
See the fast food and sandwich shops around any address in Lake County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 fast food or sandwich shop in Lake County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on food away from home in Lake County comes to about $15.4M a year: $2,971 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That works out to $15.4M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which fast food and sandwich shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $48K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake County.
Population estimates show Lake County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, Lake County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lake 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 | Lake County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 12.8 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $15.4M | $3M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | n/a | 514 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.8% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,971 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,805 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $48K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,182+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 5,190
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 568 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $50,805+36.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,678
- Median home value
- $133,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,541
- Daytime population
- 10,629Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lake County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the fast food and sandwich shops on map listings by name and distance.
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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 |
| Lake County, MI | Not scored | 1 | 1.9 | $15.4M | +9.1% |
Other business types in Lake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Lake County, MI?
Lake County has 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. No official count is published for limited-service restaurants in Lake County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lake County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $15.4M a year, or $2,971 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 fast food or sandwich shop on map listings, it comes to $15.4M 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 5,190 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, MI compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Lake County has 1 fast food or sandwich shop 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, Lake County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Lake County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 13,182 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,190 households. The median household income in Lake County is $50,805 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.1% 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. Lake County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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