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Fast food and sandwich shops in Le Sueur County, MN

The fast food and sandwich shops in Le Sueur County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
4 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
7
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$50M
On food away from home · $4,289 a household
Spending per listing
$12.5M
4.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
74% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,453
+2.9% 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 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Le Sueur County. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 74% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Le Sueur County comes to about $50M a year: $4,289 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $12.5M per shop, 4.1 times 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Le Sueur County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,664 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. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $643K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Le Sueur County.

Population estimates put the population change in Le Sueur County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Le Sueur County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureLe Sueur CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.410.513.3
Spending per listing$12.5M$4.1M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)1,664600478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,289$4,330$4,070
Median household income$94,968$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored78

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
89
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
44 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$643K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
29,453+2.9% since 2020
Households
11,650
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
449 sq. mi.
People per square mile
65
Median household income
$94,968+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,026
Median home value
$316,500
Jobs located here
8,789
Daytime population
21,598Residents 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 Le Sueur 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
Le Sueur County, MNNot scored43.4$12.5M+2.9%

Other business types in Le Sueur County

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

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Le Sueur County, MN?

There are 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Le Sueur County as of September 2026. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 7 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 Le Sueur County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $50M a year, or $4,289 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $12.5M 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 11,650 households in Le Sueur County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Le Sueur County has 3.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $12.5M, 4.1 times the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Le Sueur County would have about 16, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,664 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Le Sueur County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Le Sueur County at 29,453 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,650 households. The median household income in Le Sueur County is $94,968 a year, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. Le Sueur County has no market score for fast food and sandwich shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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