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Fast food and sandwich shops in Beltrami County, MN
The fast food and sandwich shops in Beltrami County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #960 of 2,222 scored counties
#42 of 53 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 26
- 25 chain locations (96%)
- Official establishments
- 28
- All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $67.2M
- On food away from home · $3,698 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.3
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,055
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,698 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Beltrami County spend about $67.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Beltrami County has 26 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 96% of them, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.3, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Beltrami County was 28 in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 649 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $240K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Beltrami County.
Population estimates show Beltrami County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Beltrami County is 55 (upper middle), #960 of 2,222 scored counties and #42 of 53 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Beltrami County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Beltrami County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.3 | 10.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.1M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 649 | 600 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +12.0% | +1.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,698 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,975 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 78 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 28All limited-service restaurants · +12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 684
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2625 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $240K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Beltrami 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 Beltrami County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,055+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,172
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 2,505 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $68,975+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,694
- Median home value
- $237,500
- Jobs located here
- 21,323
- Daytime population
- 47,553Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Beltrami County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 93 | 21 | 5.9 | $7.9M | +6.8% | #6 of 2,222 |
| 2Chisago County, MN | 89 | 16 | 7.5 | $6M | +4.3% | #19 of 2,222 |
| 3Wright County, MN | 89 | 53 | 9.8 | $4.8M | +11.1% | #25 of 2,222 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 86 | 109 | 10.3 | $4.9M | +6.9% | #41 of 2,222 |
| 5Hubbard County, MN | 85 | 6 | 6.7 | $5.6M | +4.6% | #52 of 2,222 |
| 6Cass County, MN | 85 | 9 | 7.0 | $5.3M | +4.2% | #53 of 2,222 |
| 7Carver County, MN | 85 | 46 | 11.2 | $4.7M | +6.6% | #56 of 2,222 |
| 8Isanti County, MN | 85 | 16 | 9.8 | $4.2M | +7.3% | #61 of 2,222 |
| 9Scott County, MN | 84 | 57 | 10.4 | $5M | +5.1% | #74 of 2,222 |
| 10Wabasha County, MN | 81 | 6 | 6.6 | $6.2M | +0.7% | #103 of 2,222 |
| 42Beltrami County, MN | 55 | 26 | 14.3 | $2.6M | +1.8% | #960 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Beltrami County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes61
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops75
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Beltrami County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 26 fast food and sandwich shops in Beltrami County. 25 of them (96%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 28 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 12.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too.
How much do households in Beltrami County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $67.2M a year, or $3,698 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 26 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 18,172 households in Beltrami County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Beltrami County, MN compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Beltrami County has 14.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Beltrami County would have about 22, against 26 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 649 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Beltrami County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Beltrami County at 47,055 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,172 households. Median household income in Beltrami County is $68,975, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.3%, 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. Beltrami County scores 55 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #960 of 2,222 scored counties.
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