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Bakeries and dessert shops in Bannock County, ID
How Bannock County, ID 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,478 of 1,889 scored counties
#17 of 21 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 37
- 10 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $118.7M
- On food away from home · $3,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.0
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Bannock County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,478 of 1,889 scored counties and #17 of 21 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 bakeries and dessert shops in Bannock County. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 27%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 11.0 per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Bannock County comes to about $118.7M a year: $3,533 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 23% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 31 businesses with payroll in Bannock County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,084 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. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Bannock County. Population estimates show Bannock County grew 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Bannock County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Bannock County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.0 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,084 | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,533 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 31All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Bannock 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 Bannock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gem County, ID | 72 | 5 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +13.0% | #221 of 1,889 |
| 2Bonner County, ID | 63 | 11 | 5.4 | $6.7M | +14.8% | #436 of 1,889 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 61 | 69 | 8.0 | $4.7M | +18.1% | #514 of 1,889 |
| 4Bingham County, ID | 61 | 15 | 9.3 | $4.1M | +6.4% | #527 of 1,889 |
| 5Ada County, ID | 60 | 188 | 9.3 | $4.6M | +9.6% | #547 of 1,889 |
| 6Nez Perce County, ID | 56 | 8 | 4.6 | $7.9M | +1.8% | #677 of 1,889 |
| 7Kootenai County, ID | 56 | 57 | 8.0 | $4.9M | +11.0% | #694 of 1,889 |
| 8Elmore County, ID | 54 | 8 | 7.2 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #779 of 1,889 |
| 9Minidoka County, ID | 49 | 8 | 9.9 | $3.6M | +5.7% | #973 of 1,889 |
| 10Jefferson County, ID | 46 | 12 | 11.8 | $3.4M | +13.6% | #1,095 of 1,889 |
| 17Bannock County, ID | 35 | 37 | 11.0 | $3.2M | +4.9% | #1,478 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Bannock County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza63
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Bannock County, ID?
There are 37 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Bannock County as of September 2026. 10 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 31 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 Bannock County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $118.7M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 33,590 households in Bannock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bannock County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Bannock County has 11.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Bannock County would have about 29, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,084 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Bannock County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Bannock County at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. Median household income in Bannock County is $66,499, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Bannock County scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,478 of 1,889 scored counties.
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