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Bakeries and dessert shops in Carbon County, MT
How Carbon County, MT 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 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,419 of 1,889 scored counties
#12 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $18.2M
- On food away from home · $3,912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.0
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,466
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Carbon County has a Groundwork market score of 37 (lower middle): #1,419 of 1,889 scored counties and #12 of 15 scored counties in Montana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 bakeries and dessert shops in Carbon County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 15.0 for every 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,912 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Carbon County spend about $18.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.6M per shop, 37% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Carbon County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 933 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $892K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Carbon County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carbon County grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Carbon County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Carbon County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.0 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 933 | 1,040 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,912 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,261 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 5All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 38
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $567K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $892K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Carbon 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 Carbon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,466+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,664
- Median age
- 51.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 2,048 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $80,261+36.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,457
- Median home value
- $420,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,093
- Daytime population
- 9,712Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Montana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Montana for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Montana, with Carbon County marked.
Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 75 | 12 | 6.4 | $5.7M | +9.4% | #171 of 1,889 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 66 | 19 | 6.1 | $6.4M | +5.8% | #357 of 1,889 |
| 3Gallatin County, MT | 53 | 53 | 10.3 | $4.2M | +7.7% | #826 of 1,889 |
| 4Cascade County, MT | 52 | 20 | 5.6 | $6.4M | +0.7% | #838 of 1,889 |
| 5Yellowstone County, MT | 51 | 61 | 8.7 | $4.5M | +4.5% | #892 of 1,889 |
| 6Missoula County, MT | 49 | 47 | 8.9 | $4.3M | +4.4% | #962 of 1,889 |
| 7Lincoln County, MT | 47 | 6 | 6.6 | $4.6M | +13.1% | #1,028 of 1,889 |
| 8Lake County, MT | 45 | 11 | 8.7 | $4M | +6.9% | #1,118 of 1,889 |
| 9Flathead County, MT | 45 | 44 | 9.9 | $3.8M | +10.1% | #1,119 of 1,889 |
| 10Park County, MT | 43 | 8 | 9.6 | $3.9M | +5.7% | #1,183 of 1,889 |
| 12Carbon County, MT | 37 | 7 | 15.0 | $2.6M | +9.1% | #1,419 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Carbon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops75
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Carbon County, MT?
There are 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Carbon County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 5 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.
How much do households in Carbon County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $18.2M a year, or $3,912 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 4,664 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carbon County, MT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Carbon County has 15.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Carbon County would have about 4, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 933 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Carbon County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carbon County at 11,466 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,664 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $80,261, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.7%, 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. Carbon County scores 37 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,419 of 1,889 scored counties.
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