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Bakeries and dessert shops in Concordia Parish, LA

How Concordia Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,849 of 1,889 scored counties
#40 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$19.6M
On food away from home · $2,891 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
9% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,836
−4.0% 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

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Concordia Parish is 16 (low), #1,849 of 1,889 scored counties and #40 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $2,891 per household (29% below the U.S. average), households in Concordia Parish spend about $19.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.3M per shop, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Concordia Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Concordia Parish in 2023. That is one for every 1,356 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. Population estimates show Concordia Parish declined 4.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Concordia Parish compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Concordia Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureConcordia ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.910.09.8
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3561,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,891$3,469$4,070
Median household income$39,943$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score1622

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$70K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Concordia Parish, 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 Concordia Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
17,836−4.0% since 2020
Households
6,778
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
696 sq. mi.
People per square mile
26
Median household income
$39,943+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,333
Median home value
$103,800
Jobs located here
5,359
Daytime population
17,205Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Concordia Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ascension Parish, LA72367.6$5.6M+6.4%#220 of 1,889
2Beauregard Parish, LA6185.8$6.1M+0.2%#495 of 1,889
3St. Charles Parish, LA59158.1$4.9M−3.7%#583 of 1,889
4Livingston Parish, LA59539.9$3.8M+8.5%#593 of 1,889
5Iberville Parish, LA5554.4$7.6M−1.6%#718 of 1,889
6De Soto Parish, LA5565.7$5.6M+2.0%#724 of 1,889
7Evangeline Parish, LA5375.6$5.2M−1.0%#809 of 1,889
8Acadia Parish, LA49135.9$5.1M−0.8%#948 of 1,889
9West Baton Rouge Parish, LA491715.5$2.5M+5.5%#977 of 1,889
10Pointe Coupee Parish, LA4778.4$4.3M−5.6%#1,033 of 1,889
40Concordia Parish, LA1668.9$3.3M−4.0%#1,849 of 1,889

Other business types in Concordia Parish

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Concordia Parish, LA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 6 bakeries and dessert shops in Concordia Parish. None of them are chain locations. 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 Concordia Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $19.6M a year, or $2,891 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 6,778 households in Concordia Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does Concordia Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Concordia Parish has 8.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Concordia Parish would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,356 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Concordia Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Concordia Parish at 17,836 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,778 households. The median household income in Concordia Parish is $39,943 a year, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.9% 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. Concordia Parish scores 16 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,849 of 1,889 scored counties.

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