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Bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County, MS
The bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County, MS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,543 of 1,889 scored counties
#26 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 96
- 30 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 55
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +41.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $279.9M
- On food away from home · $3,358 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 217,136
- +4.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County is 33 (lower middle), #1,543 of 1,889 scored counties and #26 of 46 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Harrison County comes to about $279.9M a year: $3,358 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 96 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.9M per shop, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Harrison County has 96 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 30 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison County in 2023, up 41.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,516 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Harrison County grew 4.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Harrison 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 | Harrison County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 8.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,516 | 1,733 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +41.0% | +60.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.0% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,358 | $3,288 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,479 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39 → 55All snack bars and retail bakeries · +41.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 558
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 20All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9630 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 68The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison 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 Harrison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 217,136+4.0% since 2020
- Households
- 83,358
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 574 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 368
- Median household income
- $59,479+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,923
- Median home value
- $212,200
- Jobs located here
- 89,531
- Daytime population
- 220,283Residents 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 Harrison 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 |
| 26Harrison County, MS | 33 | 96 | 11.5 | $2.9M | +4.0% | #1,543 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Harrison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops32
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops33
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Harrison County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 96 bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County. 30 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 55 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 41.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Another 20 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Harrison County, MS spend on food away from home?
About $279.9M a year, or $3,358 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 96 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 83,358 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrison County, MS compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Harrison County has 11.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Harrison County would have about 68, against 96 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,516 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 41.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Harrison County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Harrison County at 217,136 people in 2025, up 4.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,358 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $59,479 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Harrison County scores 33 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,543 of 1,889 scored counties.
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