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Bakeries and dessert shops in Carter County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Carter County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $1.8M
- On food away from home · $3,070 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 1,383
- −1.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Carter County
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What this means
At $3,070 per household (25% below the U.S. average), households in Carter County spend about $1.8M a year on food away from home. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Carter County.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Carter County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Carter County declined 1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Carter 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 | Carter County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,040 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,070 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,167 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 48 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,383−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 600
- Median age
- 57.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.6
- Land area
- 3,341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 0
- Median household income
- $54,167
- Average household income
- $67,789
- Median home value
- $199,200
- Jobs located here
- 290
- Daytime population
- 1,228Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Carter County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings by name and distance.
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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 Carter 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 |
| Carter County, MT | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | −1.6% |
Other business types in Carter County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Health care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Carter County, MT?
There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Carter 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 Carter County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Carter County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $1.8M a year, or $3,070 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 600 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, MT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Carter County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings.
How fast is Carter County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 1,383 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 600 households. The median household income in Carter County is $54,167 a year, 33% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Carter County. It maps the bakeries and dessert shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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