Food and drink · Metro area · Iowa
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area
How the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #210 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 46
- 13 chain locations (28%)
- Official establishments
- 37
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $211.5M
- On food away from home · $3,813 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,738
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,813 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Sioux City metro area spend about $211.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.6M per shop, 11% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
The Sioux City metro area has 46 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 28% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 8.3 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Sioux City metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,499 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. Official counts also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sioux City metro area grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Sioux City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #210 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa.
How the Sioux City metro area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Sioux City metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 8.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $4.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,499 | 1,583 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +52.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,813 | $3,880 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $75,192 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 53 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 37All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 366
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4613 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51The 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 the Sioux City 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 Sioux City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,738+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 55,468
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,599 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 90
- Median household income
- $75,192
- Average household income
- $95,336
- Median home value
- $193,100
- Jobs located here
- 75,324
- Daytime population
- 149,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sioux City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha, NE-IA | 71 | 304 | 7.8 | $5.4M | +4.2% | #31 of 387 |
| 1Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 70 | 249 | 8.4 | $5M | +6.7% | #41 of 387 |
| 2Ames, IA | 61 | 29 | 5.8 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #103 of 387 |
| 3Cedar Rapids, IA | 57 | 90 | 7.9 | $5M | +1.0% | #139 of 387 |
| 4Dubuque, IA | 50 | 33 | 8.1 | $4.9M | +0.1% | #195 of 387 |
| 5Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 48 | 46 | 8.3 | $4.6M | +1.0% | #210 of 387 |
| 6Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 47 | 131 | 8.1 | $4.7M | −0.9% | #221 of 387 |
| 7Iowa City, IA | 44 | 79 | 10.9 | $3.7M | +4.1% | #253 of 387 |
| 8Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 43 | 60 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +0.5% | #258 of 387 |
Other business types in the Sioux City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops39
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 bakeries and dessert shops in the Sioux City metro area. 13 of them (28%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area spend on food away from home?
About $211.5M a year, or $3,813 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 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 55,468 households in the Sioux City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Sioux City metro area has 8.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.6M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Sioux City metro area would have about 51, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,499 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sioux City metro area at 145,738 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,468 households. The median household income in the Sioux City metro area is $75,192 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Sioux City metro area scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #210 of 387 scored metro areas.
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