<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001638599-19-000281.txt : 20190226
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190226160521
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001638599-19-000281
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190226

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hermiz Laith
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001489260

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12928
		FILM NUMBER:		19633374

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		31850 NORTHWESTERN HWY
		CITY:			FARMINGTON HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48334

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AGREE REALTY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917251
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				383148187
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8107374190

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48034
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    <periodOfReport>2019-02-23</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerCik>0000917251</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AGREE REALTY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hermiz Laith</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>70 E. LONG LAKE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BLOOMFIELD HILLS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48304</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP &amp; COO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-02-23</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1475</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>65.66</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>25828</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <value>Common Shares</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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        <footnote id="F1">Represents Common Shares withheld by the Issuer as payment of tax withholding due upon the vesting of 3,384 Common Shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">All of these shares are restricted common shares that were granted to the reporting person by the Issuer's Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 589, 589, 589, 589 and 588 of these shares shall become vested and nonforfeitable, subject to the reporting person's continued service as an employee of the Issuer, on February 23, 2020, February 23, 2021, February 23, 2022, February 23, 2023 and February 23, 2024, respectively.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Cheryl A. Hamilton, as attorney-in-fact for Laith Hermiz</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-02-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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