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Bakeries and dessert shops in Butler County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Butler County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #85 of 1,889 scored counties
#3 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 15
- 6 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $102.1M
- On food away from home · $4,028 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 64% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,484
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Butler County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #85 of 1,889 scored counties and #3 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for bakeries and dessert shops.
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 bakeries and dessert shops in Butler County. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Butler County spend about $102.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,028 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $6.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 64% above 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 9 businesses with payroll in Butler County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,815 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Butler County. Population estimates put the population change in Butler County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Butler County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Butler County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,815 | 1,656 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,028 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,610 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 156 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Butler 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 Butler County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,484+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 25,338
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,430 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $81,610+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,506
- Median home value
- $217,600
- Jobs located here
- 20,149
- Daytime population
- 57,947Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Butler County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 89 | 7 | 5.1 | $8.3M | +5.9% | #20 of 1,889 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 85 | 10 | 3.3 | $12.8M | +3.2% | #43 of 1,889 |
| 3Butler County, KS | 80 | 15 | 5.9 | $6.8M | +3.1% | #85 of 1,889 |
| 4Pottawatomie County, KS | 71 | 7 | 7.5 | $5.7M | +6.9% | #244 of 1,889 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 65 | 241 | 9.7 | $5.1M | +4.2% | #395 of 1,889 |
| 6Cowley County, KS | 62 | 6 | 4.5 | $7.5M | −0.4% | #459 of 1,889 |
| 7Douglas County, KS | 53 | 37 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +1.8% | #807 of 1,889 |
| 8Harvey County, KS | 53 | 10 | 7.3 | $5.1M | −1.2% | #811 of 1,889 |
| 9Shawnee County, KS | 52 | 55 | 7.3 | $5M | 0.0% | #848 of 1,889 |
| 10Sedgwick County, KS | 52 | 179 | 8.7 | $4.3M | +2.6% | #856 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Butler County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes74
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops80
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Butler County, KS?
Butler County has 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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 Butler County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $102.1M a year, or $4,028 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 25,338 households in Butler County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Butler County, KS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Butler County has 5.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.8M, 64% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Butler County would have about 25, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,815 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Butler County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Butler County at 69,484 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 25,338 households. Median household income in Butler County is $81,610, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. Butler County scores 80 for bakeries and dessert shops (high), #85 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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