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Fast food and sandwich shops in Dade County, MO

How Dade County, MO 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
5
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$9.5M
On food away from home · $3,123 a household
Spending per listing
$4.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
7,804
+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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 fast food and sandwich shops in Dade County. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Dade County comes to about $9.5M a year: $3,123 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.8M per shop. 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 Dade County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 611 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dade County grew 2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Dade 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.

Fast food and sandwich shops in Dade County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureDade CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.513.313.3
Spending per listing$4.8M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)611521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,123$3,799$4,070
Median household income$53,750$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored44

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 5All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$761K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
7,804+2.9% since 2020
Households
3,057
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
490 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$53,750
Average household income
$70,482
Median home value
$170,600
Jobs located here
1,694
Daytime population
6,411Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO92187.9$5.1M+11.4%#9 of 2,222
2Warren County, MO89107.2$5.6M+9.2%#23 of 2,222
3Christian County, MO80329.1$4.4M+8.3%#124 of 2,222
4Ste. Genevieve County, MO7668.4$4.4M+1.1%#208 of 2,222
5Ray County, MO7588.8$4.3M+1.1%#224 of 2,222
6Stone County, MO75118.1$4.2M+4.1%#225 of 2,222
7Cass County, MO755312.3$3.4M+7.1%#236 of 2,222
8Platte County, MO745813.2$3.4M+6.7%#261 of 2,222
9McDonald County, MO7367.0$4.6M+3.1%#274 of 2,222
10Jefferson County, MO738910.1$4M+2.7%#282 of 2,222
Dade County, MONot scored26.5$4.8M+2.9%

Other business types in Dade County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Dade County, MO?

Dade County has 2 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 5 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 Dade County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $9.5M a year, or $3,123 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 3,057 households in Dade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dade County has 2 fast food and sandwich shops 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, Dade County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 611 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Dade County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Dade County at 7,804 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,057 households. The median household income in Dade County is $53,750 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for fast food and sandwich shops · All 56 business types in Dade County

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