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Bakeries and dessert shops in Chippewa County, MN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Chippewa County, MN, 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
- $18.6M
- On food away from home · $3,623 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,406
- −1.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Chippewa County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Chippewa County. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households.
At $3,623 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Chippewa County spend about $18.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $9.3M 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 Chippewa County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $156K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Chippewa County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chippewa County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Chippewa County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Chippewa County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Chippewa County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 6.3 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9.3M | $6.8M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,893 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +18.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,623 | $4,330 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,458 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 80 |
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
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $156K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,406−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,126
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $71,458+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,160
- Median home value
- $156,100
- Jobs located here
- 5,048
- Daytime population
- 11,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Chippewa County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wright County, MN | 93 | 28 | 5.2 | $9M | +11.1% | #9 of 1,889 |
| 2Sherburne County, MN | 92 | 13 | 3.7 | $12.7M | +6.8% | #10 of 1,889 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 89 | 25 | 4.5 | $11.3M | +5.1% | #18 of 1,889 |
| 4Clay County, MN | 86 | 11 | 4.2 | $9.6M | +3.6% | #34 of 1,889 |
| 5Chisago County, MN | 85 | 7 | 3.3 | $13.7M | +4.3% | #41 of 1,889 |
| 6Washington County, MN | 85 | 65 | 6.2 | $8.2M | +6.9% | #45 of 1,889 |
| 7Anoka County, MN | 83 | 76 | 5.5 | $8.2M | +4.7% | #60 of 1,889 |
| 8Dakota County, MN | 82 | 102 | 5.8 | $8.1M | +3.9% | #68 of 1,889 |
| 9Dodge County, MN | 81 | 5 | 6.2 | $7M | +2.3% | #72 of 1,889 |
| 10Rice County, MN | 81 | 14 | 6.0 | $6.8M | +4.2% | #74 of 1,889 |
| Chippewa County, MN | Not scored | 2 | 3.9 | $9.3M | −1.6% |
Other business types in Chippewa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Chippewa County, MN?
There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Chippewa 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 Chippewa County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Chippewa County, MN spend on food away from home?
About $18.6M a year, or $3,623 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 5,126 households in Chippewa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chippewa County, MN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Chippewa 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, Chippewa County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Chippewa County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Chippewa County at 12,406 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,126 households. Median household income in Chippewa County is $71,458, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Chippewa County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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