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Bakeries and dessert shops in Johnson County, KS
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Johnson County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #395 of 1,889 scored counties
#5 of 31 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 241
- 102 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 177
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.2B
- On food away from home · $4,886 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 636,906
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 241 bakeries and dessert shops in Johnson County. 102 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Johnson County comes to about $1.2B a year: $4,886 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. Spread across 241 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.1M per shop, 22% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Johnson County was 177 in 2023, up 37.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,410 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. Official counts also show 23 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 16 SBA-backed loans worth $9.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Johnson County.
Population estimates show Johnson County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Johnson County is 65 (upper middle), #395 of 1,889 scored counties and #5 of 31 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Johnson 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 | Johnson County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,410 | 1,656 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +37.2% | +43.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,886 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $109,208 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 129 → 177All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,366
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $46.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 23All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 294The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 16
- Amount
- $9.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Johnson 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 Johnson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 636,906+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 249,531
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,310
- Median household income
- $109,208+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $146,207
- Median home value
- $391,200
- Jobs located here
- 379,207
- Daytime population
- 678,980Residents 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 Johnson 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 Johnson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants71
- Fast food and sandwich shops71
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops65
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Johnson County, KS?
Johnson County has 241 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 102 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 177 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 37.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 23 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Johnson County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $1.2B a year, or $4,886 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 249,531 households in Johnson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Johnson County, KS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Johnson County has 9.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.1M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Johnson County would have about 294, against 241 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,410 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Johnson County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Johnson County at 636,906 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 249,531 households. Median household income in Johnson County is $109,208, 35% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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. Johnson County scores 65 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #395 of 1,889 scored counties.
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