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Bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips County, AR
The bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.4M
- On food away from home · $2,716 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,255
- −13.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Phillips County comes to about $16.4M a year: $2,716 per household, 33% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.1M per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Phillips County has 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Phillips County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Phillips County from 2020 to 2025 at −13.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Phillips County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Phillips 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 | Phillips County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $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 | −13.0% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,716 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $40,134 | $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
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,255−13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,023
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $40,134+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,873
- Median home value
- $78,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,448
- Daytime population
- 14,386Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| Phillips County, AR | Not scored | 4 | 6.6 | $4.1M | −13.0% |
Other business types in Phillips County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants23
- Fast food and sandwich shops23
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Phillips County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips 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 Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Phillips County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $16.4M a year, or $2,716 per household. That is 33% below the U.S. average (an index of 67, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 6,023 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phillips County, AR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Phillips County has 6.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Phillips County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Phillips County at 14,255 people in 2025, down 13.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,023 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $40,134 a year, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Phillips County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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