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Bakeries and dessert shops in Spencer County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Spencer 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 none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- 5
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $31.7M
- On food away from home · $4,332 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 20,998
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,332 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Spencer County spend about $31.7M a year on food away from home. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Spencer County. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Spencer County would have about 8, against none on map listings.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Spencer County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,462 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Spencer County grew 7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Spencer County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Spencer 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.
| Measure | Spencer County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 6.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,462 | 2,676 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.9% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,332 | $3,489 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $102,618 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $386K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 0
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Spencer 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 Spencer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,998+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 7,308
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 88%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 187 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 108
- Median household income
- $102,618+28.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,525
- Median home value
- $330,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,108
- Daytime population
- 12,250Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Oldham County, KY | 88 | 11 | 4.8 | $10.5M | +4.9% | #26 of 1,889 |
| 2Bullitt County, KY | 88 | 14 | 4.4 | $8.8M | +5.0% | #27 of 1,889 |
| 3Nelson County, KY | 78 | 11 | 5.7 | $6.2M | +4.8% | #115 of 1,889 |
| 4Scott County, KY | 76 | 20 | 8.8 | $4.6M | +8.2% | #153 of 1,889 |
| 5Shelby County, KY | 75 | 12 | 6.5 | $6.1M | +6.2% | #169 of 1,889 |
| 6Madison County, KY | 75 | 24 | 6.5 | $5.4M | +9.4% | #172 of 1,889 |
| 7Grant County, KY | 73 | 5 | 5.4 | $6.3M | +4.7% | #201 of 1,889 |
| 8Jessamine County, KY | 71 | 11 | 5.5 | $6.9M | +7.8% | #234 of 1,889 |
| 9Meade County, KY | 71 | 7 | 6.4 | $5.9M | +2.2% | #243 of 1,889 |
| 10Kenton County, KY | 71 | 53 | 7.9 | $5.1M | +3.9% | #250 of 1,889 |
| Spencer County, KY | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +7.7% |
Other business types in Spencer County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes94
- Sit-down restaurants95
- Fast food and sandwich shops90
- Pizza85
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Spencer County, KY?
There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Spencer County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 5 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.
How much do households in Spencer County, KY spend on food away from home?
About $31.7M a year, or $4,332 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 7,308 households in Spencer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Spencer County, KY compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Spencer County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Spencer County would have about 8, against none on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,462 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Spencer County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Spencer County at 20,998 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,308 households. The median household income in Spencer County is $102,618 a year, 27% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.0% 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. Spencer County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops, having none on map listings.
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