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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sibley County, MN

How Sibley County, MN 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.5M
On food away from home · $3,963 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
89% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.1
48% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
15,356
+3.6% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Sibley County comes to about $23.5M a year: $3,963 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 89% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Sibley County has 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.1, 48% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sibley County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Sibley County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Sibley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sibley 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Sibley County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureSibley CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.16.39.8
Spending per listing$7.8M$6.8M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,8931,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+18.7%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,963$4,330$4,070
Median household income$77,634$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored80

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
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Sibley 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 Sibley County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,356+3.6% since 2020
Households
5,929
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
589 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$77,634+22.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,335
Median home value
$231,900
Jobs located here
3,561
Daytime population
11,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wright County, MN93285.2$9M+11.1%#9 of 1,889
2Sherburne County, MN92133.7$12.7M+6.8%#10 of 1,889
3Scott County, MN89254.5$11.3M+5.1%#18 of 1,889
4Clay County, MN86114.2$9.6M+3.6%#34 of 1,889
5Chisago County, MN8573.3$13.7M+4.3%#41 of 1,889
6Washington County, MN85656.2$8.2M+6.9%#45 of 1,889
7Anoka County, MN83765.5$8.2M+4.7%#60 of 1,889
8Dakota County, MN821025.8$8.1M+3.9%#68 of 1,889
9Dodge County, MN8156.2$7M+2.3%#72 of 1,889
10Rice County, MN81146.0$6.8M+4.2%#74 of 1,889
Sibley County, MNNot scored35.1$7.8M+3.6%

Other business types in Sibley County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Sibley County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Sibley County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Sibley County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Sibley County, MN spend on food away from home?

About $23.5M a year, or $3,963 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 5,929 households in Sibley County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sibley County has 5.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 48% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.8M, 89% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sibley County would have about 6, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Sibley County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Sibley County at 15,356 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,929 households. The median household income in Sibley County is $77,634 a year, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.4% 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. Sibley County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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