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Fast food and sandwich shops in Douglas County, MN

How Douglas County, MN 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #368 of 2,222 scored counties
#23 of 53 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
20
19 chain locations (95%)
Official establishments
27
All limited-service restaurants · +8.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$69M
On food away from home · $3,938 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.4
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
40,120
+2.6% 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

At $3,938 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Douglas County spend about $69M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

There are 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 95% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 11.4 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Douglas County in 2023, up 8.0% 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 $108K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Douglas County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Douglas County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Douglas County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #368 of 2,222 scored counties and #23 of 53 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Douglas 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Douglas County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.410.513.3
Spending per listing$3.4M$4.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)649600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.0%+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,938$4,330$4,070
Median household income$79,043$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score7078

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 27All limited-service restaurants · +8.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
494
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2019 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$108K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
40,120+2.6% since 2020
Households
17,519
Median age
44.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
637 sq. mi.
People per square mile
62
Median household income
$79,043+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,237
Median home value
$321,400
Jobs located here
19,394
Daytime population
39,998Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN93215.9$7.9M+6.8%#6 of 2,222
2Chisago County, MN89167.5$6M+4.3%#19 of 2,222
3Wright County, MN89539.8$4.8M+11.1%#25 of 2,222
4Washington County, MN8610910.3$4.9M+6.9%#41 of 2,222
5Hubbard County, MN8566.7$5.6M+4.6%#52 of 2,222
6Cass County, MN8597.0$5.3M+4.2%#53 of 2,222
7Carver County, MN854611.2$4.7M+6.6%#56 of 2,222
8Isanti County, MN85169.8$4.2M+7.3%#61 of 2,222
9Scott County, MN845710.4$5M+5.1%#74 of 2,222
10Wabasha County, MN8166.6$6.2M+0.7%#103 of 2,222
23Douglas County, MN702011.4$3.4M+2.6%#368 of 2,222

Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, MN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 fast food and sandwich shops in Douglas County. 19 of them (95%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 8.0% 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 Douglas County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $69M a year, or $3,938 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 17,519 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has 11.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Douglas County would have about 23, against 20 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 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 40,120 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,519 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $79,043, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Douglas County scores 70 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #368 of 2,222 scored counties.

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