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Bakeries and dessert shops in Carroll County, TN
How Carroll County, TN 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #356 of 1,889 scored counties
#18 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 5
- 2 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On food away from home · $3,101 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.2M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,200
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,101 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Carroll County spend about $35.8M a year on food away from home. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 73% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Carroll County has 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 4.3 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Carroll County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,885 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.
Population estimates put the population change in Carroll County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Carroll County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #356 of 1,889 scored counties and #18 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carroll County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Carroll County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.2M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,885 | 1,740 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,101 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $51,787 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $124K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 52 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Carroll 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 Carroll County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,200+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,541
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 598 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $51,787+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,399
- Median home value
- $142,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,237
- Daytime population
- 25,107Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Carroll County marked.
Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 93 | 5 | 2.9 | $13.8M | +7.7% | #5 of 1,889 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 86 | 8 | 3.5 | $10.3M | +7.0% | #33 of 1,889 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 84 | 5 | 3.1 | $12.9M | +4.1% | #54 of 1,889 |
| 4Jefferson County, TN | 82 | 10 | 4.6 | $7.6M | +9.3% | #69 of 1,889 |
| 5Loudon County, TN | 81 | 14 | 5.8 | $6.8M | +15.6% | #75 of 1,889 |
| 6Robertson County, TN | 78 | 16 | 5.7 | $6.8M | +9.9% | #109 of 1,889 |
| 7Sumner County, TN | 78 | 51 | 6.5 | $6.4M | +9.2% | #114 of 1,889 |
| 8Hawkins County, TN | 77 | 8 | 3.4 | $9.3M | +5.0% | #123 of 1,889 |
| 9Giles County, TN | 74 | 7 | 5.8 | $6M | +3.6% | #185 of 1,889 |
| 10Bedford County, TN | 74 | 13 | 6.7 | $5.2M | +9.7% | #193 of 1,889 |
| 18Carroll County, TN | 66 | 5 | 4.3 | $7.2M | +2.7% | #356 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Carroll County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza41
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Carroll County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 bakeries and dessert shops in Carroll County. 2 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 4 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.
How much do households in Carroll County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $35.8M a year, or $3,101 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 11,541 households in Carroll County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carroll County, TN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Carroll County has 4.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.2M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Carroll County would have about 9, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,885 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Carroll County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Carroll County at 29,200 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,541 households. The median household income in Carroll County is $51,787 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. Carroll County scores 66 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #356 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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