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Bakeries and dessert shops in Green County, KY

The bakeries and dessert shops in Green County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.3M
On food away from home · $3,018 a household
Spending per listing
$6.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
4.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
11,644
+4.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Green County. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Green County spend about $13.3M a year on food away from home, or $3,018 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $6.7M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Green County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Green County grew 4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Green County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Green County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Green County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureGreen CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.56.99.8
Spending per listing$6.7M$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a2,6761,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.9%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,018$3,489$4,070
Median household income$46,798$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Green 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 Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,644+4.6% since 2020
Households
4,421
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
286 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$46,798+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$64,277
Median home value
$125,000
Jobs located here
1,681
Daytime population
9,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY88114.8$10.5M+4.9%#26 of 1,889
2Bullitt County, KY88144.4$8.8M+5.0%#27 of 1,889
3Nelson County, KY78115.7$6.2M+4.8%#115 of 1,889
4Scott County, KY76208.8$4.6M+8.2%#153 of 1,889
5Shelby County, KY75126.5$6.1M+6.2%#169 of 1,889
6Madison County, KY75246.5$5.4M+9.4%#172 of 1,889
7Grant County, KY7355.4$6.3M+4.7%#201 of 1,889
8Jessamine County, KY71115.5$6.9M+7.8%#234 of 1,889
9Meade County, KY7176.4$5.9M+2.2%#243 of 1,889
10Kenton County, KY71537.9$5.1M+3.9%#250 of 1,889
Green County, KYNot scored24.5$6.7M+4.6%

Other business types in Green County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Green County, KY?

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Green County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Green County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Green County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $13.3M a year, or $3,018 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.7M 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 4,421 households in Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Green County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Green County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Green County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Green County at 11,644 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,421 households. Median household income in Green County is $46,798, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.4%, 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. Green County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Green County

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