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Bakeries and dessert shops in Eagle County, CO
How Eagle County, CO 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,434 of 1,889 scored counties
#24 of 32 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 28
- 8 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $103.1M
- On food away from home · $4,676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.7
- 30% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,291
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Eagle County is 36 (lower middle), #1,434 of 1,889 scored counties and #24 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 bakeries and dessert shops in Eagle County. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.7, 30% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Eagle County comes to about $103.1M a year: $4,676 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Eagle County in 2023. That is one for every 1,103 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Population estimates put the population change in Eagle County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Eagle County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Eagle County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.7 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $5.1M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,103 | 1,249 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,676 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $104,096 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 20All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 288 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Eagle 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 Eagle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,291−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,058
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,170
- Median home value
- $839,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,343
- Daytime population
- 60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Eagle County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Park County, CO | 89 | 5 | 5.6 | $8M | +5.1% | #22 of 1,889 |
| 2Broomfield County, CO | 80 | 14 | 4.4 | $11.6M | +6.3% | #82 of 1,889 |
| 3Weld County, CO | 79 | 65 | 5.2 | $8.3M | +14.2% | #97 of 1,889 |
| 4Douglas County, CO | 78 | 96 | 6.9 | $8.2M | +10.9% | #106 of 1,889 |
| 5Adams County, CO | 70 | 154 | 8.2 | $5.3M | +6.6% | #270 of 1,889 |
| 6Morgan County, CO | 68 | 6 | 5.4 | $6.4M | +4.2% | #308 of 1,889 |
| 7Teller County, CO | 65 | 5 | 4.2 | $9.6M | 0.0% | #380 of 1,889 |
| 8Arapahoe County, CO | 65 | 194 | 7.5 | $6.1M | +2.8% | #385 of 1,889 |
| 9El Paso County, CO | 65 | 213 | 7.3 | $5.8M | +3.2% | #386 of 1,889 |
| 10Jefferson County, CO | 62 | 169 | 7.0 | $6.8M | −0.5% | #460 of 1,889 |
| 24Eagle County, CO | 36 | 28 | 12.7 | $3.7M | −2.4% | #1,434 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Eagle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Eagle County, CO?
There are 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Eagle County as of September 2026. 8 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Eagle County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $103.1M a year, or $4,676 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 22,058 households in Eagle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eagle County, CO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Eagle County has 12.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 30% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Eagle County would have about 25, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,103 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Eagle County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Eagle County at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in Eagle County is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Eagle County scores 36 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,434 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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