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Fast food and sandwich shops in Greene County, MO

How Greene 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 · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,706 of 2,222 scored counties
#60 of 74 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
204
188 chain locations (92%)
Official establishments
321
All limited-service restaurants · +9.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$456.9M
On food away from home · $3,489 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
309,286
+3.3% 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

For fast food and sandwich shops, Greene County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,706 of 2,222 scored counties and #60 of 74 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 204 fast food and sandwich shops in Greene County. Of those, 188 are chain locations, or 92%, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 15.6 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Household spending on food away from home in Greene County comes to about $456.9M a year: $3,489 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 27% below 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 Greene County was 321 in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. That is one for every 408 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, 13 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Greene County. Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Greene 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 Greene County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.613.313.3
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)408521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.6%+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,489$3,799$4,070
Median household income$61,479$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
293 → 321All limited-service restaurants · +9.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
6,530
Annual payroll, 2023
$132.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
38All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
204188 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
150The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
13
Amount
$3.5M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
309,286+3.3% since 2020
Households
130,951
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
675 sq. mi.
People per square mile
449
Median household income
$61,479+33.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,469
Median home value
$221,300
Jobs located here
183,863
Daytime population
359,380Residents 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 Greene 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
60Greene County, MO3420415.6$2.2M+3.3%#1,706 of 2,222

Other business types in Greene 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 Greene County, MO?

There are 204 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Greene County as of September 2026. 188 of them (92%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 321 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.6% from 2019. That count covers all limited-service restaurants (pizza places included), not only fast food and sandwich shops. Another 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Greene County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $456.9M a year, or $3,489 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 204 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 130,951 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greene County has 15.6 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the national ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Greene County would have about 150, against 204 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 408 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 309,286 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 130,951 households. The median household income in Greene County is $61,479 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.4% 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. Greene County scores 34 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,706 of 2,222 scored counties.

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