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Fast food and sandwich shops in Wright County, MO

How Wright 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #585 of 2,222 scored counties
#19 of 74 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
9
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$22M
On food away from home · $3,060 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,671
+8.0% 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

Households in Wright County spend about $22M a year on food away from home, or $3,060 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.1M per shop, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.

Wright County has 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Wright County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 799 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates put the population change in Wright County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Wright County is 64 (upper middle), #585 of 2,222 scored counties and #19 of 74 scored counties in Missouri.

How Wright 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 Wright County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureWright CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.713.313.3
Spending per listing$3.1M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)799521478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.4%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,060$3,799$4,070
Median household income$47,909$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score6444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 9All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
244
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
77 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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
19,671+8.0% since 2020
Households
7,187
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
682 sq. mi.
People per square mile
28
Median household income
$47,909+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$63,326
Median home value
$160,100
Jobs located here
4,308
Daytime population
17,030Residents 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 Wright 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
19Wright County, MO6479.7$3.1M+8.0%#585 of 2,222

Other business types in Wright 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 Wright County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 fast food and sandwich shops in Wright County. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $22M a year, or $3,060 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 7,187 households in Wright County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wright County has 9.7 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 799 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Wright County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Wright County at 19,671 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,187 households. Median household income in Wright County is $47,909, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.8%, 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. Wright County scores 64 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #585 of 2,222 scored counties.

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