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Bakeries and dessert shops in Pendleton County, KY

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$18.3M
On food away from home · $3,370 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
3.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
14,800
+1.1% 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 Pendleton County. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Pendleton County comes to about $18.3M a year: $3,370 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That works out to $9.2M 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 Pendleton County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Pendleton County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Pendleton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pendleton 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 Pendleton County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasurePendleton CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.76.99.8
Spending per listing$9.2M$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+1.1%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,370$3,489$4,070
Median household income$64,669$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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Pendleton 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 Pendleton County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,800+1.1% since 2020
Households
5,442
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
277 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$64,669+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,625
Median home value
$159,800
Jobs located here
2,343
Daytime population
10,610Residents 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 Pendleton 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
Pendleton County, KYNot scored23.7$9.2M+1.1%

Other business types in Pendleton County

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

Questions

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

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Pendleton 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 Pendleton County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $18.3M a year, or $3,370 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 5,442 households in Pendleton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pendleton 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, Pendleton County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Pendleton County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Pendleton County at 14,800 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,442 households. Median household income in Pendleton County is $64,669, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.9%, 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. Pendleton County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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