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Bakeries and dessert shops in Holt County, MO

How Holt 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

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6M
On food away from home · $3,421 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
11.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
4,200
+0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Holt County. That is 11.5 per 10,000 households.

At $3,421 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Holt County spend about $6M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Holt County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Holt County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Holt 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Holt County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureHolt CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.58.19.8
Spending per listing$3M$4.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,9131,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+43.3%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,421$3,799$4,070
Median household income$61,187$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

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
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Holt 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 Holt County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,200+0.4% since 2020
Households
1,744
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
463 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$61,187
Average household income
$82,238
Median home value
$138,200
Jobs located here
1,254
Daytime population
3,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Missouri

Every Missouri market ranked →

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lincoln County, MO9373.1$13.2M+11.4%#6 of 1,889
2Christian County, MO85185.1$7.8M+8.3%#46 of 1,889
3Jefferson County, MO81515.8$6.9M+2.7%#73 of 1,889
4Newton County, MO80125.4$6.6M+6.1%#87 of 1,889
5Cass County, MO79286.5$6.5M+7.1%#100 of 1,889
6Callaway County, MO7874.2$8.7M+3.2%#104 of 1,889
7Lawrence County, MO7285.5$6.2M+3.7%#217 of 1,889
8Clay County, MO71787.6$5.5M+4.3%#247 of 1,889
9St. Charles County, MO701358.4$5.6M+4.9%#266 of 1,889
10Pettis County, MO67105.9$5.7M+2.9%#334 of 1,889
Holt County, MONot scored211.5$3M+0.4%

Other business types in Holt County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Holt County, MO?

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Holt County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Holt County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Holt County, MO spend on food away from home?

About $6M a year, or $3,421 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 1,744 households in Holt County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Holt County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Holt County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Holt County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Holt County at 4,200 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,744 households. Median household income in Holt County is $61,187, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Holt County

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