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Bakeries and dessert shops in Montgomery County, AR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Montgomery County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On food away from home · $3,028 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 8,579
- +1.1% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Montgomery County
The site report maps the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Montgomery County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
At $3,028 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $11.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Montgomery County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Montgomery County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Montgomery County 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 | Montgomery County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $3.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,884 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,028 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,906 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,579+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 3,715
- Median age
- 48.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 781 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $48,906
- Average household income
- $65,843
- Median home value
- $151,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,285
- Daytime population
- 7,310Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Montgomery County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Montgomery County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lonoke County, AR | 72 | 18 | 6.3 | $5.8M | +3.5% | #219 of 1,889 |
| 2Saline County, AR | 72 | 37 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +7.6% | #224 of 1,889 |
| 3Greene County, AR | 64 | 11 | 6.1 | $5.3M | +3.4% | #422 of 1,889 |
| 4Crawford County, AR | 64 | 16 | 6.9 | $4.9M | +4.1% | #426 of 1,889 |
| 5Benton County, AR | 57 | 131 | 11.7 | $3.7M | +16.0% | #673 of 1,889 |
| 6Crittenden County, AR | 56 | 8 | 4.4 | $7.1M | −3.9% | #681 of 1,889 |
| 7Johnson County, AR | 56 | 6 | 5.8 | $4.9M | +2.0% | #692 of 1,889 |
| 8Baxter County, AR | 54 | 10 | 5.2 | $5.9M | +3.1% | #764 of 1,889 |
| 9Randolph County, AR | 47 | 5 | 6.8 | $4.4M | +1.5% | #1,030 of 1,889 |
| 10Faulkner County, AR | 46 | 43 | 8.7 | $4.1M | +8.2% | #1,076 of 1,889 |
| Montgomery County, AR | Not scored | 2 | 5.4 | $5.6M | +1.1% |
Other business types in Montgomery County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Montgomery County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Montgomery County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Montgomery County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Montgomery County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $11.2M a year, or $3,028 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 3,715 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, AR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Montgomery County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Montgomery County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 8,579 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,715 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $48,906 a year, 39% 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. 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Montgomery County. It maps the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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