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Bakeries and dessert shops in Marion County, IN
How Marion County, IN 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #740 of 1,889 scored counties
#37 of 73 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 322
- 125 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 201
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +46.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.5B
- On food away from home · $3,676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 992,196
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,676 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Marion County spend about $1.5B a year on food away from home. Spread across 322 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.6M per shop, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Marion County has 322 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marion County was 201 in 2023, up 46.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,992 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 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $5.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marion County.
Population estimates put the population change in Marion County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Marion County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #740 of 1,889 scored counties and #37 of 73 scored counties in Indiana.
How Marion County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Marion County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,992 | 1,893 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +46.7% | +41.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,676 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,346 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 137 → 201All snack bars and retail bakeries · +46.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,369
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $53M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 38All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 322125 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 355The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $5.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marion 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 Marion County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 992,196+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 400,432
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,464
- Median household income
- $66,346+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,680
- Median home value
- $224,000
- Jobs located here
- 662,636
- Daytime population
- 1,168,106Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 83 | 25 | 7.5 | $5.9M | +13.5% | #63 of 1,889 |
| 2Putnam County, IN | 82 | 6 | 4.2 | $8.9M | +3.2% | #66 of 1,889 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 78 | 20 | 7.1 | $5.7M | +4.4% | #117 of 1,889 |
| 4Warrick County, IN | 78 | 20 | 7.9 | $5.4M | +4.4% | #119 of 1,889 |
| 5Dearborn County, IN | 76 | 10 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +1.7% | #139 of 1,889 |
| 6Franklin County, IN | 76 | 6 | 6.5 | $6M | +2.2% | #146 of 1,889 |
| 7Decatur County, IN | 75 | 5 | 4.7 | $8.1M | +0.4% | #156 of 1,889 |
| 8Ripley County, IN | 75 | 6 | 5.2 | $7.1M | +1.6% | #161 of 1,889 |
| 9Hamilton County, IN | 74 | 123 | 9.0 | $5.8M | +10.9% | #186 of 1,889 |
| 10Boone County, IN | 74 | 27 | 9.4 | $5.3M | +13.5% | #192 of 1,889 |
| 37Marion County, IN | 55 | 322 | 8.0 | $4.6M | +1.6% | #740 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Marion County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes37
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Marion County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 322 bakeries and dessert shops in Marion County. 125 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 46.7% 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 38 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marion County, IN spend on food away from home?
About $1.5B a year, or $3,676 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 322 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 400,432 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marion County, IN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Marion 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 $4.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Marion County would have about 355, against 322 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,992 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 46.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Marion County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Marion County at 992,196 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 400,432 households. The median household income in Marion County is $66,346 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Marion County scores 55 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #740 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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