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Bakeries and dessert shops in Klamath County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Klamath County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #719 of 1,889 scored counties
#9 of 28 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 14
- 2 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $95.6M
- On food away from home · $3,298 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- 65% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 70,274
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Klamath County comes to about $95.6M a year: $3,298 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per shop, 65% above 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 Klamath County as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 51% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Klamath County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,706 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $10K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Klamath County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Klamath County grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Klamath County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #719 of 1,889 scored counties and #9 of 28 scored counties in Oregon.
How Klamath 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.
| Measure | Klamath County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,706 | 961 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,298 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $58,830 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 17All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 142 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $10K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Klamath 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 Klamath County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,274+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 28,999
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 5,950 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 12
- Median household income
- $58,830+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,046
- Median home value
- $280,400
- Jobs located here
- 22,844
- Daytime population
- 67,284Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 75 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.3M | +10.6% | #173 of 1,889 |
| 2Jefferson County, OR | 74 | 5 | 5.7 | $6.6M | +4.7% | #179 of 1,889 |
| 3Polk County, OR | 68 | 21 | 6.4 | $6.4M | +2.3% | #309 of 1,889 |
| 4Columbia County, OR | 66 | 9 | 4.3 | $9.2M | +2.6% | #352 of 1,889 |
| 5Washington County, OR | 62 | 174 | 7.4 | $6.4M | +1.8% | #462 of 1,889 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 60 | 122 | 7.4 | $6.2M | +0.9% | #534 of 1,889 |
| 7Yamhill County, OR | 59 | 28 | 7.1 | $5.8M | +2.2% | #571 of 1,889 |
| 8Benton County, OR | 57 | 32 | 8.3 | $4.8M | +4.4% | #655 of 1,889 |
| 9Klamath County, OR | 55 | 14 | 4.8 | $6.8M | +0.9% | #719 of 1,889 |
| 10Deschutes County, OR | 53 | 85 | 10.0 | $4.3M | +6.8% | #822 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Klamath County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes28
- Sit-down restaurants27
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes26
- Bakeries and dessert shops55
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Klamath County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 bakeries and dessert shops in Klamath County. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 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. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Klamath County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $95.6M a year, or $3,298 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 $6.8M 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 28,999 households in Klamath County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Klamath County, OR compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Klamath County has 4.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $6.8M, 65% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Klamath County would have about 23, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,706 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Klamath County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Klamath County at 70,274 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,999 households. The median household income in Klamath County is $58,830 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Klamath County scores 55 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #719 of 1,889 scored counties.
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