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Fast food and sandwich shops in Bates County, MO
The fast food and sandwich shops in Bates County, MO, 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
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All limited-service restaurants
- Household spending a year
- $20.9M
- On food away from home · $3,395 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 71% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,512
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 fast food and sandwich shops in Bates County. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Household spending on food away from home in Bates County comes to about $20.9M a year: $3,395 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 71% above 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 Bates County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 474 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $390K has gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bates County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Bates County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, Bates County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Bates County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Bates County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 13.3 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 474 | 521 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.4% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,395 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,733 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 13All limited-service restaurants
- Employees, 2023
- 239
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $390K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Bates 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 Bates County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,512+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,158
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 837 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $60,733+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,380
- Median home value
- $170,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,729
- Daytime population
- 14,272Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Bates County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 92 | 18 | 7.9 | $5.1M | +11.4% | #9 of 2,222 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 89 | 10 | 7.2 | $5.6M | +9.2% | #23 of 2,222 |
| 3Christian County, MO | 80 | 32 | 9.1 | $4.4M | +8.3% | #124 of 2,222 |
| 4Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 76 | 6 | 8.4 | $4.4M | +1.1% | #208 of 2,222 |
| 5Ray County, MO | 75 | 8 | 8.8 | $4.3M | +1.1% | #224 of 2,222 |
| 6Stone County, MO | 75 | 11 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +4.1% | #225 of 2,222 |
| 7Cass County, MO | 75 | 53 | 12.3 | $3.4M | +7.1% | #236 of 2,222 |
| 8Platte County, MO | 74 | 58 | 13.2 | $3.4M | +6.7% | #261 of 2,222 |
| 9McDonald County, MO | 73 | 6 | 7.0 | $4.6M | +3.1% | #274 of 2,222 |
| 10Jefferson County, MO | 73 | 89 | 10.1 | $4M | +2.7% | #282 of 2,222 |
| Bates County, MO | Not scored | 4 | 6.5 | $5.2M | +2.9% |
Other business types in Bates County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants56
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza27
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Bates County, MO?
Bates County has 4 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 13 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Bates County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $20.9M a year, or $3,395 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 6,158 households in Bates County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bates County, MO compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Bates County has 6.5 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $5.2M, 71% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Bates County would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 474 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.
How fast is Bates County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Bates County at 16,512 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,158 households. The median household income in Bates County is $60,733 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% 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. Bates 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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