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Bakeries and dessert shops in Douglas County, NV
The bakeries and dessert shops in Douglas County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #281 of 1,889 scored counties
#4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 13
- 5 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $91.7M
- On food away from home · $4,299 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.1M
- 70% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,111
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 bakeries and dessert shops in Douglas County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 38%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 6.1 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Douglas County comes to about $91.7M a year: $4,299 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $7.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 70% above 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.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Douglas County in 2023. That is one for every 1,640 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $693K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Douglas County.
Population estimates show Douglas County grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Douglas County scores 69 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #281 of 1,889 scored counties and #4 of 9 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Douglas County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Douglas County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.1M | $4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,640 | 1,295 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +40.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,299 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,754 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 150
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 135 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $693K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Douglas 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 Douglas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,111+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,325
- Median age
- 53.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 711 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $90,754+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,388
- Median home value
- $615,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,069
- Daytime population
- 48,760Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nevada market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Nevada for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Nevada, with Douglas County marked.
Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 85 | 12 | 5.1 | $7.6M | +9.5% | #47 of 1,889 |
| 2Nye County, NV | 75 | 12 | 5.4 | $6.4M | +10.3% | #167 of 1,889 |
| 3Churchill County, NV | 71 | 5 | 5.3 | $7.2M | +1.1% | #232 of 1,889 |
| 4Douglas County, NV | 69 | 13 | 6.1 | $7.1M | +1.2% | #281 of 1,889 |
| 5Washoe County, NV | 61 | 163 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +4.4% | #507 of 1,889 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 57 | 15 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +2.1% | #647 of 1,889 |
| 7Clark County, NV | 47 | 924 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +5.8% | #1,047 of 1,889 |
| 8Humboldt County, NV | 44 | 6 | 8.7 | $4.3M | 0.0% | #1,142 of 1,889 |
| 9Carson City, NV | 35 | 24 | 10.1 | $3.7M | −0.2% | #1,471 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Douglas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza70
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Douglas County, NV?
Douglas County has 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 13 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 Douglas County, NV spend on food away from home?
About $91.7M a year, or $4,299 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.1M 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 21,325 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Douglas County, NV compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Douglas County has 6.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.1M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Douglas County would have about 22, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,640 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Douglas County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Douglas County at 50,111 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,325 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $90,754, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.8%, 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. Douglas County scores 69 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #281 of 1,889 scored counties.
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