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Fast food and sandwich shops in Davison County, SD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for fast food and sandwich shops in Davison County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,975 of 2,222 scored counties
#16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
17
17 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
21
All limited-service restaurants
Household spending a year
$31.6M
On food away from home · $3,547 a household
Spending per listing
$1.9M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.1
44% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,069
+0.6% since 2020

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What this means

Davison County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,975 of 2,222 scored counties and #16 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Davison County comes to about $31.6M a year: $3,547 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.9M per shop, 39% 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 17 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings in Davison County as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 79% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.1, 44% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.

Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in Davison County in 2023. That is one for every 424 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $587K have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Davison County. Population estimates show Davison County grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Davison County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Davison County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDavison CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.113.513.3
Spending per listing$1.9M$2.9M$3.1M
Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants)424587478
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.9%+6.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,547$3,849$4,070
Median household income$66,208$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score2559

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 21All limited-service restaurants
Employees, 2023
547
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
1717 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$587K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
20,069+0.6% since 2020
Households
8,899
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,208+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,188
Median home value
$205,800
Jobs located here
12,476
Daytime population
21,213Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Fast food and sandwich shops across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for fast food and sandwich shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, SD922910.4$4.4M+17.5%#10 of 2,222
2Union County, SD9068.2$5.3M+3.3%#15 of 2,222
3Meade County, SD8397.5$5.2M+2.7%#86 of 2,222
4Lake County, SD66612.7$3.1M−0.2%#530 of 2,222
5Butte County, SD61716.3$2.4M+5.5%#726 of 2,222
6Hughes County, SD571013.8$2.9M−0.9%#865 of 2,222
7Beadle County, SD571013.3$2.7M+2.4%#871 of 2,222
8Brookings County, SD561813.0$2.9M+9.6%#915 of 2,222
9Lawrence County, SD551814.9$2.5M+14.0%#963 of 2,222
10Minnehaha County, SD5213015.3$2.6M+7.6%#1,076 of 2,222
16Davison County, SD251719.1$1.9M+0.6%#1,975 of 2,222

Other business types in Davison County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Davison County, SD?

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 fast food and sandwich shops in Davison County. 17 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 21 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 also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Davison County, SD spend on food away from home?

About $31.6M a year, or $3,547 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 8,899 households in Davison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Davison County has 19.1 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $1.9M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Davison County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 424 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S.

How fast is Davison County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Davison County at 20,069 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. Median household income in Davison County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Davison County scores 25 for fast food and sandwich shops (lower middle), #1,975 of 2,222 scored counties.

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