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Bakeries and dessert shops in Meade County, SD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Meade County, SD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $46.5M
- On food away from home · $3,883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.5M
- 3.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 74% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,711
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Meade County. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,883 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Meade County spend about $46.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $15.5M per shop, 3.7 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Meade County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,995 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.
Population estimates show Meade County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Meade County compares
The same measures for South Dakota 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 | Meade County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 6.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $15.5M | $5.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,995 | 1,329 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.0% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,883 | $3,849 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,790 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $663K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Meade 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 Meade County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,711+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,968
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $74,790+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,155
- Median home value
- $310,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,923
- Daytime population
- 24,809Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Meade County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brookings County, SD | 78 | 8 | 5.8 | $6.5M | +9.6% | #113 of 1,889 |
| 2Lincoln County, SD | 75 | 17 | 6.1 | $7.4M | +17.5% | #159 of 1,889 |
| 3Union County, SD | 73 | 5 | 6.8 | $6.3M | +3.3% | #202 of 1,889 |
| 4Codington County, SD | 67 | 6 | 4.8 | $7.6M | +4.3% | #324 of 1,889 |
| 5Brown County, SD | 63 | 8 | 4.9 | $7.6M | −1.7% | #435 of 1,889 |
| 6Hughes County, SD | 63 | 5 | 6.9 | $5.8M | −0.9% | #445 of 1,889 |
| 7Lawrence County, SD | 62 | 7 | 5.8 | $6.4M | +14.0% | #463 of 1,889 |
| 8Minnehaha County, SD | 62 | 67 | 7.9 | $5M | +7.6% | #472 of 1,889 |
| 9Beadle County, SD | 55 | 5 | 6.6 | $5.4M | +2.4% | #728 of 1,889 |
| 10Pennington County, SD | 50 | 42 | 9.1 | $4.2M | +6.6% | #931 of 1,889 |
| Meade County, SD | Not scored | 3 | 2.5 | $15.5M | +2.7% |
Other business types in Meade County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes75
- Sit-down restaurants79
- Fast food and sandwich shops83
- Pizza70
- Coffee shops and cafes67
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Meade County, SD?
There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 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 Meade County, SD spend on food away from home?
About $46.5M a year, or $3,883 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $15.5M 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 11,968 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Meade County, SD compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Meade County has 2.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 74% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $15.5M, 3.7 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Meade County would have about 11, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,995 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Meade County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Meade County at 30,711 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,968 households. Median household income in Meade County is $74,790, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Meade County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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