Food and drink · County · Missouri
Bakeries and dessert shops in Camden County, MO
How Camden County, MO 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #800 of 1,889 scored counties
#24 of 57 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 19
- 6 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $66.3M
- On food away from home · $3,696 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,047
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 bakeries and dessert shops in Camden County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 10.6 per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,696 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Camden County spend about $66.3M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Camden County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,988 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates show Camden County grew 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Camden County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #800 of 1,889 scored counties and #24 of 57 scored counties in Missouri.
How Camden County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Camden County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,988 | 1,913 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,696 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,387 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 68
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 196 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Camden 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 Camden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,047+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 17,925
- Median age
- 50.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 656 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 67
- Median household income
- $66,387+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,825
- Median home value
- $305,400
- Jobs located here
- 16,585
- Daytime population
- 44,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Camden County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 93 | 7 | 3.1 | $13.2M | +11.4% | #6 of 1,889 |
| 2Christian County, MO | 85 | 18 | 5.1 | $7.8M | +8.3% | #46 of 1,889 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 81 | 51 | 5.8 | $6.9M | +2.7% | #73 of 1,889 |
| 4Newton County, MO | 80 | 12 | 5.4 | $6.6M | +6.1% | #87 of 1,889 |
| 5Cass County, MO | 79 | 28 | 6.5 | $6.5M | +7.1% | #100 of 1,889 |
| 6Callaway County, MO | 78 | 7 | 4.2 | $8.7M | +3.2% | #104 of 1,889 |
| 7Lawrence County, MO | 72 | 8 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +3.7% | #217 of 1,889 |
| 8Clay County, MO | 71 | 78 | 7.6 | $5.5M | +4.3% | #247 of 1,889 |
| 9St. Charles County, MO | 70 | 135 | 8.4 | $5.6M | +4.9% | #266 of 1,889 |
| 10Pettis County, MO | 67 | 10 | 5.9 | $5.7M | +2.9% | #334 of 1,889 |
| 24Camden County, MO | 54 | 19 | 10.6 | $3.5M | +2.9% | #800 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Camden County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes27
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Camden County, MO?
There are 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Camden County as of September 2026. 6 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Camden County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $66.3M a year, or $3,696 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 17,925 households in Camden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Camden County, MO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Camden County has 10.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Camden County would have about 16, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,988 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Camden County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Camden County at 44,047 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,925 households. Median household income in Camden County is $66,387, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. Camden County scores 54 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #800 of 1,889 scored counties.
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