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Bakeries and dessert shops in St. Louis County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in St. Louis County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #652 of 1,889 scored counties
#20 of 57 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 362
- 171 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 225
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +21.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On food away from home · $4,282 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.9M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.7
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 990,911
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in St. Louis County comes to about $1.8B a year: $4,282 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 18% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
St. Louis County has 362 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.7, 11% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 225 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Louis County in 2023, up 21.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,839 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. Another 32 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 11 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Louis County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Louis County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, St. Louis County has a Groundwork market score of 57 (upper middle): #652 of 1,889 scored counties and #20 of 57 scored counties in Missouri.
How St. Louis 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 | St. Louis County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.7 | 8.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.9M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,839 | 1,913 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +21.0% | +43.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,282 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,936 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 186 → 225All snack bars and retail bakeries · +21.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,291
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $72.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 362171 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 428The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 11
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in St. Louis 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 St. Louis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 990,911−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 413,849
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 509 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,958
- Median household income
- $82,936+23.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,036
- Median home value
- $276,800
- Jobs located here
- 655,776
- Daytime population
- 1,175,839Residents 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 St. Louis 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 |
| 20St. Louis County, MO | 57 | 362 | 8.7 | $4.9M | −1.2% | #652 of 1,889 |
Other business types in St. Louis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes64
- Bakeries and dessert shops57
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in St. Louis County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 362 bakeries and dessert shops in St. Louis County. 171 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 225 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 21.0% 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. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in St. Louis County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $1.8B a year, or $4,282 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 362 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 413,849 households in St. Louis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Louis County, MO compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
St. Louis County has 8.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.9M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, St. Louis County would have about 428, against 362 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,839 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 21.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Louis County, MO growing?
Population estimates put St. Louis County at 990,911 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 413,849 households. The median household income in St. Louis County is $82,936 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.0% 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. St. Louis County scores 57 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #652 of 1,889 scored counties.
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