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Bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips County, MT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips 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
$5.7M
On food away from home · $3,242 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
4,203
−0.1% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Phillips County comes to about $5.7M a year: $3,242 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. 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 Phillips County. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Phillips County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Phillips County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Phillips County declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, 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 Phillips 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Phillips County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasurePhillips CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.07.99.8
Spending per listingn/a$4.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,0401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.4%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,242$3,748$4,070
Median household income$53,417$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored48

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
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 Phillips 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 Phillips County

Population, 2025 estimate
4,203−0.1% since 2020
Households
1,765
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
5,140 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1
Median household income
$53,417
Average household income
$74,167
Median home value
$197,600
Jobs located here
1,145
Daytime population
4,052Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ravalli County, MT75126.4$5.7M+9.4%#171 of 1,889
2Lewis and Clark County, MT66196.1$6.4M+5.8%#357 of 1,889
3Gallatin County, MT535310.3$4.2M+7.7%#826 of 1,889
4Cascade County, MT52205.6$6.4M+0.7%#838 of 1,889
5Yellowstone County, MT51618.7$4.5M+4.5%#892 of 1,889
6Missoula County, MT49478.9$4.3M+4.4%#962 of 1,889
7Lincoln County, MT4766.6$4.6M+13.1%#1,028 of 1,889
8Lake County, MT45118.7$4M+6.9%#1,118 of 1,889
9Flathead County, MT45449.9$3.8M+10.1%#1,119 of 1,889
10Park County, MT4389.6$3.9M+5.7%#1,183 of 1,889
Phillips County, MTNot scored00.0n/a−0.1%

Other business types in Phillips 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 Phillips County, MT?

There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Phillips 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 Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Phillips County, MT spend on food away from home?

About $5.7M a year, or $3,242 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, 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 1,765 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Phillips County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Phillips County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Phillips County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Phillips County at 4,203 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,765 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $53,417 a year, 34% 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 Phillips County

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