Food and drink · Metro area · Illinois
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Bloomington, IL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Bloomington, IL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #19 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 39
- 15 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +25.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $284.9M
- On food away from home · $4,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,419
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, the Bloomington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #19 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for bakeries and dessert shops.
At $4,057 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Bloomington metro area spend about $284.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $7.3M per shop, 76% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 39 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Bloomington metro area as of September 2026. 15 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bloomington metro area in 2023, up 25.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,065 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $643K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bloomington metro area. Population estimates show the Bloomington metro area grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bloomington metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Bloomington metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,065 | 1,620 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.9% | +23.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,057 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,905 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 34All snack bars and retail bakeries · +25.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 590
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3915 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $643K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bloomington metro area, 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 the Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,419+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,220
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $79,905+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,003
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 88,959
- Daytime population
- 180,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bloomington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bloomington, IL | 74 | 39 | 5.6 | $7.3M | +0.1% | #19 of 387 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 66 | 911 | 7.9 | $5.2M | −0.2% | #66 of 387 |
| 2Kankakee, IL | 63 | 27 | 6.6 | $5.8M | −1.7% | #88 of 387 |
| 3Springfield, IL | 63 | 62 | 6.9 | $5.7M | −1.2% | #89 of 387 |
| 4Decatur, IL | 62 | 24 | 5.5 | $6.4M | −4.3% | #93 of 387 |
| 5Rockford, IL | 55 | 109 | 8.0 | $4.6M | −0.3% | #155 of 387 |
| 6Champaign-Urbana, IL | 54 | 75 | 7.6 | $4.9M | +1.5% | #159 of 387 |
| 7Peoria, IL | 53 | 122 | 7.9 | $4.9M | −1.3% | #171 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 48 | 33 | 8.6 | $4.2M | +1.7% | #215 of 387 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 47 | 131 | 8.1 | $4.7M | −0.9% | #221 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bloomington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops74
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Bloomington, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 39 bakeries and dessert shops in the Bloomington metro area. 15 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 25.9% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Bloomington, IL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $284.9M a year, or $4,057 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 70,220 households in the Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bloomington, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Bloomington metro area has 5.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.3M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Bloomington metro area would have about 69, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,065 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bloomington, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bloomington metro area at 171,419 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,220 households. The median household income in the Bloomington metro area is $79,905 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. The Bloomington metro area scores 74 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #19 of 387 scored metro areas.
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