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Fast food and sandwich shops in Missoula County, MT
The fast food and sandwich shops in Missoula County, MT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #925 of 2,222 scored counties
#10 of 17 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 76
- 58 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 99
- All limited-service restaurants · +3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $201.9M
- On food away from home · $3,833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.4
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 123,513
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Missoula County comes to about $201.9M a year: $3,833 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
There are 76 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Missoula County as of September 2026. 58 of them (76%) are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.4, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Missoula County in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 532 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. Official counts also show 10 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $4.3M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Missoula County.
Population estimates show Missoula County grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops in Missoula County is 56 (upper middle), #925 of 2,222 scored counties and #10 of 17 scored counties in Montana.
How Missoula County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Missoula County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.4 | 11.7 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.2M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 532 | 569 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.1% | +5.5% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,833 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,598 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 96 → 99All limited-service restaurants · +3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,336
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $51.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7658 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $4.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Missoula 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 Missoula County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 123,513+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 52,679
- Median age
- 38.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,593 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $75,598+39.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,306
- Median home value
- $472,100
- Jobs located here
- 66,258
- Daytime population
- 128,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 85 | 15 | 8.0 | $4.5M | +9.4% | #57 of 2,222 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 82 | 29 | 9.3 | $4.2M | +5.8% | #98 of 2,222 |
| 3Carbon County, MT | 75 | 6 | 12.9 | $3M | +9.1% | #238 of 2,222 |
| 4Gallatin County, MT | 73 | 54 | 10.5 | $4.1M | +7.7% | #280 of 2,222 |
| 5Lincoln County, MT | 72 | 5 | 5.5 | $5.5M | +13.1% | #294 of 2,222 |
| 6Flathead County, MT | 70 | 51 | 11.5 | $3.3M | +10.1% | #372 of 2,222 |
| 7Lake County, MT | 68 | 11 | 8.7 | $4M | +6.9% | #428 of 2,222 |
| 8Fergus County, MT | 60 | 6 | 11.3 | $2.9M | +3.1% | #758 of 2,222 |
| 9Park County, MT | 57 | 10 | 12.0 | $3.1M | +5.7% | #859 of 2,222 |
| 10Missoula County, MT | 56 | 76 | 14.4 | $2.7M | +4.4% | #925 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Missoula County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes51
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza71
- Coffee shops and cafes34
- Bakeries and dessert shops49
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Missoula County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 76 fast food and sandwich shops in Missoula County. 58 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 99 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Missoula County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $201.9M a year, or $3,833 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 52,679 households in Missoula County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Missoula County, MT compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Missoula County has 14.4 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Missoula County would have about 66, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 532 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Missoula County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Missoula County at 123,513 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,679 households. Median household income in Missoula County is $75,598, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.8%, 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. Missoula County scores 56 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #925 of 2,222 scored counties.
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