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Bakeries and dessert shops in Grand County, CO
How Grand 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,552 of 1,889 scored counties
#27 of 32 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $31.2M
- On food away from home · $4,168 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.7
- 91% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,496
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Grand County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,552 of 1,889 scored counties and #27 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Grand County comes to about $31.2M a year: $4,168 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 14 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.2M per shop, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Grand County has 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.7, 91% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Grand County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 440 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand County grew 4.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grand 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 | Grand County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.7 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $5.1M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 440 | 1,249 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,168 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $88,612 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 17All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 103
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Grand 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 Grand County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,496+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,475
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,847 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $88,612+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $108,943
- Median home value
- $601,500
- Jobs located here
- 7,229
- Daytime population
- 16,268Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Grand County?
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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 Grand 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 |
| 27Grand County, CO | 33 | 14 | 18.7 | $2.2M | +4.8% | #1,552 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Grand County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants33
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Grand County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 bakeries and dessert shops in Grand County. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Grand County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $31.2M a year, or $4,168 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 7,475 households in Grand County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand County, CO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Grand County has 18.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 91% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Grand County would have about 8, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 440 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Grand County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Grand County at 16,496 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,475 households. The median household income in Grand County is $88,612 a year, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.5% 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. Grand County scores 33 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,552 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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