<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001638599-19-001013.txt : 20191206
<SEC-HEADER>0001638599-19-001013.hdr.sgml : 20191206
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20191206161025
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001638599-19-001013
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190904
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191206

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Wolff David A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001635542

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12928
		FILM NUMBER:		191273221

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 E. LONG LAKE RD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			BLOOMFIELD HILLS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48304-2324

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>2019-09-04</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>AGREE REALTY CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ADC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Wolff David A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <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>Chief Accounting Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2019-09-04</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>691</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>691</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        <footnote id="F1">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. 139, 138, 138, 138 and 138 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 David A. Wolff</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-12-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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