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Bakeries and dessert shops in Madison Parish, LA

How Madison 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$8.4M
On food away from home · $2,749 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,844
−10.9% 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

At $2,749 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Madison Parish spend about $8.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Madison Parish as of September 2026. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Madison Parish, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Madison Parish declined 10.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Madison 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 Madison Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureMadison ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.610.09.8
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,6351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−10.9%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,749$3,469$4,070
Median household income$35,456$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored22

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
2The 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 Madison 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 Madison Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
8,844−10.9% since 2020
Households
3,053
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.5
Land area
624 sq. mi.
People per square mile
15
Median household income
$35,456
Average household income
$57,168
Median home value
$96,200
Jobs located here
3,177
Daytime population
9,090Residents 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 Madison 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
Madison Parish, LANot scored26.6$4.2M−10.9%

Other business types in Madison Parish

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

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

How much do households in Madison Parish, LA spend on food away from home?

About $8.4M a year, or $2,749 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 3,053 households in Madison Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

Madison Parish has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.

How fast is Madison Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put Madison Parish at 8,844 people in 2025, down 10.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,053 households. The median household income in Madison Parish is $35,456 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Madison Parish

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