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Bakeries and dessert shops in Roscommon County, MI

How Roscommon County, MI 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,741 of 1,889 scored counties
#68 of 71 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
14
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
8
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$37.9M
On food away from home · $3,270 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
35% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.1
23% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
23,914
+1.9% since 2020

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What this means

Roscommon County scores 25 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,741 of 1,889 scored counties and #68 of 71 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 bakeries and dessert shops in Roscommon County. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That is 12.1 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Households in Roscommon County spend about $37.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,270 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.7M per shop, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Roscommon County in 2023. That is one for every 1,447 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $115K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Roscommon County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Roscommon County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Roscommon County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Roscommon County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureRoscommon CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.19.09.8
Spending per listing$2.7M$4.3M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4472,0151,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,270$3,875$4,070
Median household income$55,246$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score2550

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$662K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
141 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$115K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Roscommon 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 Roscommon County

Population, 2025 estimate
23,914+1.9% since 2020
Households
11,579
Median age
55.1
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
520 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$55,246+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,936
Median home value
$158,700
Jobs located here
5,588
Daytime population
22,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Michigan

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

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Barry County, MI83104.1$9.6M+2.2%#58 of 1,889
2Cass County, MI7694.2$9M+0.2%#136 of 1,889
3Lapeer County, MI75205.7$6.8M+1.0%#164 of 1,889
4Monroe County, MI75386.0$6.6M+0.7%#165 of 1,889
5Allegan County, MI73347.5$5.4M+2.1%#208 of 1,889
6Clinton County, MI72227.0$6.1M+1.6%#218 of 1,889
7Ionia County, MI71125.1$7.2M−0.5%#231 of 1,889
8Branch County, MI70105.9$5.8M+2.5%#264 of 1,889
9St. Clair County, MI70446.5$5.8M+0.1%#265 of 1,889
10Ottawa County, MI69998.9$4.8M+3.9%#303 of 1,889
68Roscommon County, MI251412.1$2.7M+1.9%#1,741 of 1,889

Other business types in Roscommon County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Roscommon County, MI?

There are 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Roscommon County as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.

How much do households in Roscommon County, MI spend on food away from home?

About $37.9M a year, or $3,270 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 11,579 households in Roscommon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Roscommon County has 12.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 35% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Roscommon County would have about 9, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,447 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Roscommon County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Roscommon County at 23,914 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,579 households. Median household income in Roscommon County is $55,246, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.4%, 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. Roscommon County scores 25 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,741 of 1,889 scored counties.

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