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Bakeries and dessert shops in Coconino County, AZ

How Coconino County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,240 of 1,889 scored counties
#13 of 13 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
49
16 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
47
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +42.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$210.8M
On food away from home · $3,824 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
144,368
−0.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Coconino County comes to about $210.8M a year: $3,824 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per shop, 4% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Coconino County has 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 33%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in Coconino County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 42.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,173 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $714K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Coconino County.

Population estimates put the population change in Coconino County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Coconino County has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #1,240 of 1,889 scored counties and #13 of 13 scored counties in Arizona.

How Coconino County compares

The same measures for Arizona and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the bakeries and dessert 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Coconino County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureCoconino CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.97.99.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$5.1M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,1731,5551,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+42.4%+35.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.6%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,824$3,982$4,070
Median household income$72,966$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score4169

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 47All snack bars and retail bakeries · +42.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
537
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4916 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
51The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$714K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Coconino 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 snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Population and households in Coconino County

Population, 2025 estimate
144,368−0.6% since 2020
Households
55,118
Median age
36.5
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
18,616 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$72,966+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,878
Median home value
$448,000
Jobs located here
59,472
Daytime population
148,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Coconino County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ89724.4$8.7M+25.4%#19 of 1,889
2Mohave County, AZ69504.9$6.7M+6.5%#283 of 1,889
3Pima County, AZ652666.1$6.1M+2.8%#384 of 1,889
4Yavapai County, AZ65766.8$5.3M+6.5%#389 of 1,889
5Navajo County, AZ63205.0$6.3M+3.0%#442 of 1,889
6Yuma County, AZ61607.6$4.4M+9.2%#519 of 1,889
7Maricopa County, AZ601,5719.1$4.7M+5.5%#545 of 1,889
8Gila County, AZ59135.5$6.1M+0.9%#567 of 1,889
9Graham County, AZ52118.6$4M+4.0%#860 of 1,889
10Santa Cruz County, AZ51137.7$4.2M+4.8%#900 of 1,889
13Coconino County, AZ41498.9$4.3M−0.6%#1,240 of 1,889

Other business types in Coconino County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Coconino County, AZ?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 bakeries and dessert shops in Coconino County. 16 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 42.4% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in Coconino County, AZ spend on food away from home?

About $210.8M a year, or $3,824 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 55,118 households in Coconino County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Coconino County, AZ compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Coconino County has 8.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Coconino County would have about 51, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,173 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Coconino County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Coconino County at 144,368 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 55,118 households. The median household income in Coconino County is $72,966 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Coconino County scores 41 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,240 of 1,889 scored counties.

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