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Bakeries and dessert shops in Brown County, NE
The bakeries and dessert shops in Brown County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.2M
- On food away from home · $3,292 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 2,826
- −2.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Brown County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 bakery or dessert shop in Brown County. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households.
At $3,292 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Brown County spend about $4.2M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.2M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Brown County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Brown County declined 2.6%, 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 Brown County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Brown County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,480 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,292 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $54,676 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 59 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- 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 Brown 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 Brown County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,826−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 1,275
- Median age
- 45.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,221 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $54,676
- Average household income
- $79,390
- Median home value
- $113,900
- Jobs located here
- 1,266
- Daytime population
- 2,779Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Brown County?
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saunders County, NE | 85 | 6 | 6.7 | $6.4M | +6.0% | #52 of 1,889 |
| 2Cass County, NE | 80 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.9M | +3.9% | #91 of 1,889 |
| 3Sarpy County, NE | 78 | 49 | 6.6 | $7M | +9.0% | #108 of 1,889 |
| 4Gage County, NE | 64 | 6 | 6.4 | $5.6M | +0.2% | #418 of 1,889 |
| 5Douglas County, NE | 60 | 200 | 8.4 | $4.9M | +3.6% | #541 of 1,889 |
| 6Dodge County, NE | 59 | 11 | 7.3 | $5.1M | +2.6% | #579 of 1,889 |
| 7Lancaster County, NE | 58 | 97 | 7.2 | $5.4M | +3.4% | #613 of 1,889 |
| 8Platte County, NE | 56 | 12 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +3.9% | #707 of 1,889 |
| 9Lincoln County, NE | 53 | 7 | 4.7 | $7.5M | −3.6% | #804 of 1,889 |
| 10Madison County, NE | 49 | 12 | 8.3 | $4.3M | +1.6% | #961 of 1,889 |
| Brown County, NE | Not scored | 1 | 7.8 | $4.2M | −2.6% |
Other business types in Brown 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
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 Brown County, NE?
Brown County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings 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 Brown County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brown County, NE spend on food away from home?
About $4.2M a year, or $3,292 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 1,275 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brown County, NE compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Brown County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Brown County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Brown County at 2,826 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,275 households. Median household income in Brown County is $54,676, 32% 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 Brown 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.
How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Brown County
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