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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sumner County, KS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Sumner County, KS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,332 of 1,889 scored counties
#17 of 31 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
10
3 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$32.1M
On food away from home · $3,583 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
22,312
−0.1% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Sumner County comes to about $32.1M a year: $3,583 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Sumner County has 10 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 30%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, 13% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Sumner County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,243 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 list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sumner County.

Population estimates put the population change in Sumner County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sumner County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,332 of 1,889 scored counties and #17 of 31 scored counties in Kansas.

How Sumner 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Sumner County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.18.79.8
Spending per listing$3.2M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,2431,6561,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,583$3,910$4,070
Median household income$63,951$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score3949

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$229K
One-person businesses, 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
103 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$35K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
22,312−0.1% since 2020
Households
8,970
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,182 sq. mi.
People per square mile
19
Median household income
$63,951+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,070
Median home value
$135,100
Jobs located here
5,367
Daytime population
17,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Kansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Sumner County marked.

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Miami County, KS8975.1$8.3M+5.9%#20 of 1,889
2Leavenworth County, KS85103.3$12.8M+3.2%#43 of 1,889
3Butler County, KS80155.9$6.8M+3.1%#85 of 1,889
4Pottawatomie County, KS7177.5$5.7M+6.9%#244 of 1,889
5Johnson County, KS652419.7$5.1M+4.2%#395 of 1,889
6Cowley County, KS6264.5$7.5M−0.4%#459 of 1,889
7Douglas County, KS53377.3$5.3M+1.8%#807 of 1,889
8Harvey County, KS53107.3$5.1M−1.2%#811 of 1,889
9Shawnee County, KS52557.3$5M0.0%#848 of 1,889
10Sedgwick County, KS521798.7$4.3M+2.6%#856 of 1,889
17Sumner County, KS391011.1$3.2M−0.1%#1,332 of 1,889

Other business types in Sumner County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Sumner County, KS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 bakeries and dessert shops in Sumner County. 3 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sumner County, KS spend on food away from home?

About $32.1M a year, or $3,583 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 8,970 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Sumner County, KS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Sumner County has 11.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sumner County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,243 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Sumner County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 22,312 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,970 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $63,951 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.3% 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. Sumner County scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,332 of 1,889 scored counties.

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