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Fast food and sandwich shops in Minnehaha County, SD
The fast food and sandwich shops in Minnehaha County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,076 of 2,222 scored counties
#10 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 130
- 117 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 193
- All limited-service restaurants · +9.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $336.5M
- On food away from home · $3,968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 15% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.3
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 212,691
- +7.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,968 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Minnehaha County spend about $336.5M a year on food away from home. Spread across 130 fast food and sandwich shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only fast food and sandwich shops.
Minnehaha County has 130 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 90% of them, against 79% across the U.S. That comes to 15.3 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 193 businesses with payroll in Minnehaha County classed as limited-service restaurants, up 9.7% from 2019. That is one for every 439 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 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $9.1M have gone to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Minnehaha County.
Population estimates show Minnehaha County grew 7.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Minnehaha County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for fast food and sandwich shops, ranking #1,076 of 2,222 scored counties and #10 of 16 scored counties in South Dakota.
How Minnehaha 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.
| Measure | Minnehaha County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.3 | 13.5 | 13.3 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.9M | $3.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all limited-service restaurants) | 439 | 587 | 478 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.7% | +9.9% | +6.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,968 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,880 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 176 → 193All limited-service restaurants · +9.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,304
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $82.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18All limited-service restaurants with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 110The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $9.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as limited-service restaurants in Minnehaha 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 Minnehaha County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 212,691+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 84,814
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 252
- Median household income
- $76,880+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,921
- Median home value
- $287,600
- Jobs located here
- 135,684
- Daytime population
- 228,682Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for fast food and sandwich shops, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Minnehaha County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 92 | 29 | 10.4 | $4.4M | +17.5% | #10 of 2,222 |
| 2Union County, SD | 90 | 6 | 8.2 | $5.3M | +3.3% | #15 of 2,222 |
| 3Meade County, SD | 83 | 9 | 7.5 | $5.2M | +2.7% | #86 of 2,222 |
| 4Lake County, SD | 66 | 6 | 12.7 | $3.1M | −0.2% | #530 of 2,222 |
| 5Butte County, SD | 61 | 7 | 16.3 | $2.4M | +5.5% | #726 of 2,222 |
| 6Hughes County, SD | 57 | 10 | 13.8 | $2.9M | −0.9% | #865 of 2,222 |
| 7Beadle County, SD | 57 | 10 | 13.3 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #871 of 2,222 |
| 8Brookings County, SD | 56 | 18 | 13.0 | $2.9M | +9.6% | #915 of 2,222 |
| 9Lawrence County, SD | 55 | 18 | 14.9 | $2.5M | +14.0% | #963 of 2,222 |
| 10Minnehaha County, SD | 52 | 130 | 15.3 | $2.6M | +7.6% | #1,076 of 2,222 |
Other business types in Minnehaha County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
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Questions
How many fast food and sandwich shops are in Minnehaha County, SD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 130 fast food and sandwich shops in Minnehaha County. 117 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count fast food, sandwich shops, delis and bagel shops. Official counts show 193 businesses with payroll classed as limited-service restaurants in 2023, up 9.7% from 2019. The official count takes in all limited-service restaurants, not only fast food and sandwich shops: pizza places are counted too. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Minnehaha County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $336.5M a year, or $3,968 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 130 fast food and sandwich shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 84,814 households in Minnehaha County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Minnehaha County, SD compare with the U.S. for fast food and sandwich shops?
Minnehaha County has 15.3 fast food and sandwich shops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 13.3. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $3.1M. At the U.S. ratio of fast food and sandwich shops to household spending, Minnehaha County would have about 110, against 130 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 439 households, against one for every 478 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.1% for the U.S.
How fast is Minnehaha County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Minnehaha County at 212,691 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,814 households. Median household income in Minnehaha County is $76,880, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Minnehaha County scores 52 for fast food and sandwich shops (upper middle), #1,076 of 2,222 scored counties.
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