Food and drink · Small-town market · Arkansas
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Batesville, AR area
How the Batesville, AR area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #379 of 507 scored small-town markets
#7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $47.2M
- On food away from home · $3,222 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 9% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,785
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Batesville area spend about $47.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,222 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 13 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Batesville area as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 38%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the Batesville area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,626 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Batesville area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Batesville area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Batesville area has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #379 of 507 scored small-town markets and #7 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Arkansas.
How the Batesville area compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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.
| Measure | Batesville area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,626 | 1,884 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,222 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,609 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 63
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Batesville area, 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 the Batesville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,785+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,638
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $56,609
- Average household income
- $78,952
- Median home value
- $142,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,686
- Daytime population
- 41,118Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Arkansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with the Batesville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paragould, AR | 67 | 11 | 6.1 | $5.3M | +3.4% | #75 of 507 |
| 2Mountain Home, AR | 55 | 10 | 5.2 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #201 of 507 |
| 3Harrison, AR | 53 | 12 | 6.5 | $4.8M | +2.4% | #221 of 507 |
| 4Pine Bluff, AR | 49 | 16 | 5.9 | $5.1M | −5.6% | #268 of 507 |
| 5Camden, AR | 45 | 7 | 6.8 | $4.5M | −3.6% | #299 of 507 |
| 6Russellville, AR | 40 | 29 | 8.9 | $3.7M | +1.6% | #357 of 507 |
| 7Batesville, AR | 38 | 13 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +2.2% | #379 of 507 |
| 8Searcy, AR | 37 | 26 | 8.8 | $3.6M | +4.2% | #389 of 507 |
| 9El Dorado, AR | 33 | 12 | 8.0 | $4M | −5.2% | #424 of 507 |
| 10Blytheville, AR | 30 | 11 | 7.1 | $4.5M | −6.7% | #444 of 507 |
Other business types in the Batesville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants50
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Batesville, AR area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 bakeries and dessert shops in the Batesville area. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.
How much do households in the Batesville, AR area spend on food away from home?
About $47.2M a year, or $3,222 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 14,638 households in the Batesville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Batesville, AR area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Batesville area has 8.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Batesville area would have about 11, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,626 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Batesville, AR area growing?
Population estimates put the Batesville area at 38,785 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,638 households. The median household income in the Batesville area is $56,609 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Batesville area scores 38 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #379 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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