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Bakeries and dessert shops in Van Buren County, AR
The bakeries and dessert shops in Van Buren 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.7M
- On food away from home · $2,915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 74% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,238
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Van Buren County comes to about $21.7M a year: $2,915 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 74% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Van Buren County as of September 2026. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Van Buren County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $950K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Van Buren County.
Population estimates put the population change in Van Buren County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Van Buren County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Van Buren 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 | Van Buren County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $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 | +2.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,915 | $3,400 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,354 | $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
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $950K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,238+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,432
- Median age
- 49.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 710 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $50,354+30.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,356
- Median home value
- $135,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,785
- Daytime population
- 14,903Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 Van Buren 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 |
| Van Buren County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 4.0 | $7.2M | +2.8% |
Other business types in Van Buren County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants39
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza48
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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 Van Buren County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Van Buren County, AR spend on food away from home?
About $21.7M a year, or $2,915 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 7,432 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Buren County, AR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Van Buren County has 4.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.2M, 74% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Van Buren County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Van Buren County at 16,238 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,432 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $50,354 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.8% 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. Van Buren County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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