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Bakeries and dessert shops in Kay County, OK
The bakeries and dessert shops in Kay County, OK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,743 of 1,889 scored counties
#40 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 21
- 11 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $54.7M
- On food away from home · $3,263 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,490
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Kay County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,743 of 1,889 scored counties and #40 of 50 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 bakeries and dessert shops in Kay County. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Kay County spend about $54.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,263 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 21 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 37% below 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 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kay County in 2023. That is one for every 1,864 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 $1.8M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kay County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Kay County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Kay County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Kay County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 10.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,864 | 1,709 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,263 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,423 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 84
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2111 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Kay 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 Kay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,490−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,776
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 920 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 47
- Median household income
- $58,423+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,308
- Median home value
- $124,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,500
- Daytime population
- 42,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Grady County, OK | 86 | 9 | 4.4 | $8.5M | +7.7% | #36 of 1,889 |
| 2Logan County, OK | 80 | 12 | 6.7 | $6M | +11.5% | #90 of 1,889 |
| 3Wagoner County, OK | 77 | 25 | 8.0 | $4.8M | +14.6% | #135 of 1,889 |
| 4Rogers County, OK | 76 | 24 | 6.5 | $5.9M | +7.1% | #147 of 1,889 |
| 5Osage County, OK | 71 | 9 | 5.2 | $6.7M | +2.2% | #235 of 1,889 |
| 6Cherokee County, OK | 69 | 9 | 4.8 | $6.6M | +4.5% | #285 of 1,889 |
| 7Delaware County, OK | 69 | 9 | 5.2 | $6.2M | +3.8% | #289 of 1,889 |
| 8Canadian County, OK | 68 | 50 | 8.6 | $4.7M | +20.4% | #319 of 1,889 |
| 9Garfield County, OK | 66 | 9 | 3.8 | $9.1M | −1.5% | #353 of 1,889 |
| 10Creek County, OK | 65 | 19 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +4.4% | #393 of 1,889 |
| 40Kay County, OK | 25 | 21 | 12.5 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #1,743 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Kay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes24
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops19
- Pizza25
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Kay County, OK?
Kay County has 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 11 of them (52%) 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. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Kay County, OK spend on food away from home?
About $54.7M a year, or $3,263 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 16,776 households in Kay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kay County, OK compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Kay County has 12.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Kay County would have about 13, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,864 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Kay County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Kay County at 43,490 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,776 households. Median household income in Kay County is $58,423, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. Kay County scores 25 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,743 of 1,889 scored counties.
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