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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clackamas County, OR

How Clackamas County, OR compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #534 of 1,889 scored counties
#6 of 28 scored counties in Oregon

Listings
122
43 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
143
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +9.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$754.2M
On food away from home · $4,603 a household
Spending per listing
$6.2M
49% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.4
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
426,280
+0.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 122 bakeries and dessert shops in Clackamas County. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 7.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $4,603 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Clackamas County spend about $754.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 122 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $6.2M per shop, 49% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 143 businesses with payroll in Clackamas County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 9.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,146 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. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $769K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clackamas County.

Population estimates show Clackamas County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Clackamas County is 60 (upper middle), #534 of 1,889 scored counties and #6 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.

How Clackamas County compares

The same measures for Oregon 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 Clackamas County, OR compared with Oregon and the U.S.
MeasureClackamas CountyOregonU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.48.89.8
Spending per listing$6.2M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,1469611,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.2%+11.2%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,603$4,070$4,070
Median household income$103,517$83,011$80,734
Groundwork market score6043

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
131 → 143All snack bars and retail bakeries · +9.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,876
Annual payroll, 2023
$41.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
15All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12243 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
182The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$769K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clackamas 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 Clackamas County

Population, 2025 estimate
426,280+0.9% since 2020
Households
163,845
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
227
Median household income
$103,517+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$137,183
Median home value
$611,000
Jobs located here
181,774
Daytime population
404,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Oregon

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

Top counties in Oregon

Counties in Oregon ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Crook County, OR7587.4$5.3M+10.6%#173 of 1,889
2Jefferson County, OR7455.7$6.6M+4.7%#179 of 1,889
3Polk County, OR68216.4$6.4M+2.3%#309 of 1,889
4Columbia County, OR6694.3$9.2M+2.6%#352 of 1,889
5Washington County, OR621747.4$6.4M+1.8%#462 of 1,889
6Clackamas County, OR601227.4$6.2M+0.9%#534 of 1,889
7Yamhill County, OR59287.1$5.8M+2.2%#571 of 1,889
8Benton County, OR57328.3$4.8M+4.4%#655 of 1,889
9Klamath County, OR55144.8$6.8M+0.9%#719 of 1,889
10Deschutes County, OR538510.0$4.3M+6.8%#822 of 1,889

Other business types in Clackamas County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clackamas County, OR?

There are 122 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Clackamas County as of September 2026. 43 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 143 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Clackamas County, OR spend on food away from home?

About $754.2M a year, or $4,603 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 163,845 households in Clackamas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Clackamas County has 7.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.2M, 49% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clackamas County would have about 182, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Clackamas County, OR growing?

Population estimates put Clackamas County at 426,280 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,845 households. Median household income in Clackamas County is $103,517, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Clackamas County scores 60 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #534 of 1,889 scored counties.

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