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Bakeries and dessert shops in Las Animas County, CO

How Las Animas 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,761 of 1,889 scored counties
#31 of 32 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
3
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On food away from home · $3,114 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.8
41% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,391
−0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For bakeries and dessert shops, Las Animas County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,761 of 1,889 scored counties and #31 of 32 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 bakeries and dessert shops in Las Animas County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.8, 41% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Las Animas County comes to about $20.3M a year: $3,114 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.3M per shop, 46% 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Las Animas County in 2023. That is one for every 2,171 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 Las Animas County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Las Animas 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Las Animas County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureLas Animas CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.88.69.8
Spending per listing$2.3M$5.1M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,1711,2491,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,114$4,421$4,070
Median household income$52,074$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score2468

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
3
Annual payroll, 2023
$45K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Las Animas 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 Las Animas County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,391−0.7% since 2020
Households
6,513
Median age
46.5
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,773 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$52,074+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,556
Median home value
$237,600
Jobs located here
4,514
Daytime population
12,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Las Animas County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Park County, CO8955.6$8M+5.1%#22 of 1,889
2Broomfield County, CO80144.4$11.6M+6.3%#82 of 1,889
3Weld County, CO79655.2$8.3M+14.2%#97 of 1,889
4Douglas County, CO78966.9$8.2M+10.9%#106 of 1,889
5Adams County, CO701548.2$5.3M+6.6%#270 of 1,889
6Morgan County, CO6865.4$6.4M+4.2%#308 of 1,889
7Teller County, CO6554.2$9.6M0.0%#380 of 1,889
8Arapahoe County, CO651947.5$6.1M+2.8%#385 of 1,889
9El Paso County, CO652137.3$5.8M+3.2%#386 of 1,889
10Jefferson County, CO621697.0$6.8M−0.5%#460 of 1,889
31Las Animas County, CO24913.8$2.3M−0.7%#1,761 of 1,889

Other business types in Las Animas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Las Animas County, CO?

Las Animas County has 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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.

How much do households in Las Animas County, CO spend on food away from home?

About $20.3M a year, or $3,114 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 6,513 households in Las Animas County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Las Animas County, CO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Las Animas County has 13.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 41% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Las Animas County would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,171 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Las Animas County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Las Animas County at 14,391 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,513 households. Median household income in Las Animas County is $52,074, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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. Las Animas County scores 24 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,761 of 1,889 scored counties.

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