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Bakeries and dessert shops in Kootenai County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Kootenai County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #694 of 1,889 scored counties
#7 of 21 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 57
- 12 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 102
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +39.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $278.6M
- On food away from home · $3,914 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,864
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Kootenai County comes to about $278.6M a year: $3,914 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.9M per shop, 18% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Kootenai County has 57 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 21%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 102 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kootenai County in 2023, up 39.7% from 2019. That is one for every 698 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. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $470K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kootenai County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kootenai County grew 11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Kootenai County scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #694 of 1,889 scored counties and #7 of 21 scored counties in Idaho.
How Kootenai 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 | Kootenai County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $4.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 698 | 1,066 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +39.7% | +47.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,914 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,861 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 73 → 102All snack bars and retail bakeries · +39.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,091
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5712 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $470K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kootenai 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 Kootenai County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,864+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,172
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,508
- Median home value
- $518,700
- Jobs located here
- 71,721
- Daytime population
- 176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Kootenai County marked.
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 |
Other business types in Kootenai County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Kootenai County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 bakeries and dessert shops in Kootenai County. 12 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 102 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 39.7% from 2019. 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 list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kootenai County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $278.6M a year, or $3,914 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 71,172 households in Kootenai County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kootenai County, ID compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Kootenai County has 8.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.9M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Kootenai County would have about 67, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 698 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 39.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Kootenai County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Kootenai County at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in Kootenai County is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% 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. Kootenai County scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #694 of 1,889 scored counties.
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