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Bakeries and dessert shops in Grenada County, MS

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Grenada County, MS, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 15 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,854 of 1,889 scored counties
#44 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi

Listings
8
1 chain location (13%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$26.2M
On food away from home · $3,098 a household
Spending per listing
$3.3M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,868
−3.3% 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

For bakeries and dessert shops, Grenada County has a Groundwork market score of 15 (low): #1,854 of 1,889 scored counties and #44 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Grenada County comes to about $26.2M a year: $3,098 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per shop, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Grenada County has 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Grenada County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grenada County declined 3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Grenada 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Grenada County, MS compared with Mississippi and the U.S.
MeasureGrenada CountyMississippiU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.58.49.8
Spending per listing$3.3M$3.9M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,7331,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.3%−0.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,098$3,288$4,070
Median household income$48,804$56,447$80,734
Groundwork market score1532

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
81 chain location
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 Grenada 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 Grenada County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,868−3.3% since 2020
Households
8,464
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
422 sq. mi.
People per square mile
50
Median household income
$48,804+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,152
Median home value
$132,200
Jobs located here
9,312
Daytime population
21,725Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Mississippi

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

Top counties in Mississippi

Counties in Mississippi ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pontotoc County, MS6175.9$5.3M+2.9%#504 of 1,889
2Marshall County, MS5975.3$6M+2.6%#569 of 1,889
3George County, MS5888.6$3.9M+8.1%#633 of 1,889
4DeSoto County, MS56669.3$4.3M+6.3%#705 of 1,889
5Tishomingo County, MS5455.7$5.6M−1.1%#767 of 1,889
6Jackson County, MS54498.5$4.2M+3.0%#790 of 1,889
7Adams County, MS5376.1$4.8M+2.2%#815 of 1,889
8Itawamba County, MS5377.3$4.5M+1.3%#818 of 1,889
9Panola County, MS4954.1$7.5M−1.4%#944 of 1,889
10Lincoln County, MS4664.6$7M+0.5%#1,058 of 1,889
44Grenada County, MS1589.5$3.3M−3.3%#1,854 of 1,889

Other business types in Grenada County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Grenada County, MS?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 bakeries and dessert shops in Grenada County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Grenada County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Grenada County, MS spend on food away from home?

About $26.2M a year, or $3,098 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 8,464 households in Grenada County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grenada County has 9.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Grenada County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Grenada County, MS growing?

Population estimates put Grenada County at 20,868 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,464 households. The median household income in Grenada County is $48,804 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Grenada County scores 15 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,854 of 1,889 scored counties.

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