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Bakeries and dessert shops in Silver Bow County, MT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Silver Bow County, MT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,363 of 1,889 scored counties
#11 of 15 scored counties in Montana
- Listings
- 14
- 4 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $50.7M
- On food away from home · $3,288 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.1
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,118
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Silver Bow County spend about $50.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,288 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.6M per shop, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Silver Bow County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.1, 7% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Silver Bow County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,713 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Silver Bow County.
Population estimates put the population change in Silver Bow County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Silver Bow County has a Groundwork market score of 38 (lower middle): #1,363 of 1,889 scored counties and #11 of 15 scored counties in Montana.
How Silver Bow 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 | Silver Bow County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.1 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,713 | 1,040 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,288 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,754 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Silver Bow 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 Silver Bow County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,118+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,419
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 718 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $61,754+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,950
- Median home value
- $255,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,312
- Daytime population
- 35,343Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 11Silver Bow County, MT | 38 | 14 | 9.1 | $3.6M | +2.6% | #1,363 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Silver Bow County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants41
- Fast food and sandwich shops25
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes31
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Silver Bow County, MT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 bakeries and dessert shops in Silver Bow County. 4 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.
How much do households in Silver Bow County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $50.7M a year, or $3,288 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 15,419 households in Silver Bow County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Silver Bow County, MT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Silver Bow County has 9.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Silver Bow County would have about 12, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,713 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Silver Bow County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Silver Bow County at 36,118 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,419 households. The median household income in Silver Bow County is $61,754 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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. Silver Bow County scores 38 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,363 of 1,889 scored counties.
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