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Bakeries and dessert shops in Forrest County, MS
How Forrest County, MS 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,706 of 1,889 scored counties
#35 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 27
- 6 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 26
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $96.4M
- On food away from home · $3,201 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 79,034
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Forrest County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #1,706 of 1,889 scored counties and #35 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 bakeries and dessert shops in Forrest County. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.0, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Forrest County comes to about $96.4M a year: $3,201 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 27 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 14% 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 26 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Forrest County in 2023. That is one for every 1,159 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. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forrest County grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Forrest County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Forrest County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,159 | 1,733 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,201 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,640 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 26All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 267
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Forrest 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 Forrest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 79,034+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 30,127
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 466 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 168
- Median household income
- $53,640+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,383
- Median home value
- $168,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,538
- Daytime population
- 89,930Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Forrest County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pontotoc County, MS | 61 | 7 | 5.9 | $5.3M | +2.9% | #504 of 1,889 |
| 2Marshall County, MS | 59 | 7 | 5.3 | $6M | +2.6% | #569 of 1,889 |
| 3George County, MS | 58 | 8 | 8.6 | $3.9M | +8.1% | #633 of 1,889 |
| 4DeSoto County, MS | 56 | 66 | 9.3 | $4.3M | +6.3% | #705 of 1,889 |
| 5Tishomingo County, MS | 54 | 5 | 5.7 | $5.6M | −1.1% | #767 of 1,889 |
| 6Jackson County, MS | 54 | 49 | 8.5 | $4.2M | +3.0% | #790 of 1,889 |
| 7Adams County, MS | 53 | 7 | 6.1 | $4.8M | +2.2% | #815 of 1,889 |
| 8Itawamba County, MS | 53 | 7 | 7.3 | $4.5M | +1.3% | #818 of 1,889 |
| 9Panola County, MS | 49 | 5 | 4.1 | $7.5M | −1.4% | #944 of 1,889 |
| 10Lincoln County, MS | 46 | 6 | 4.6 | $7M | +0.5% | #1,058 of 1,889 |
| 35Forrest County, MS | 26 | 27 | 9.0 | $3.6M | +1.1% | #1,706 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Forrest County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes16
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops14
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops26
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Forrest County, MS?
There are 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Forrest County as of September 2026. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 26 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Forrest County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $96.4M a year, or $3,201 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 30,127 households in Forrest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forrest County, MS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Forrest County has 9.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Forrest County would have about 23, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,159 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Forrest County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Forrest County at 79,034 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,127 households. Median household income in Forrest County is $53,640, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.6%, 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. Forrest County scores 26 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,706 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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