Food and drink · Metro area · Tennessee
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #116 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 91
- 44 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 71
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +68.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $439.7M
- On food away from home · $3,521 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 349,001
- +8.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 bakeries and dessert shops in the Clarksville metro area. Of those, 44 are chain locations, or 48%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.3, 26% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,521 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Clarksville metro area spend about $439.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.8M per shop, 17% 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.
Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Clarksville metro area in 2023, up 68.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,759 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 also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Clarksville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Clarksville metro area grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Clarksville metro area scores 60 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #116 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.
How the Clarksville metro area 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 | Clarksville metro area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,759 | 1,740 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +68.3% | +60.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.5% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,521 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $68,967 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71All snack bars and retail bakeries · +68.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 846
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 106The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Clarksville metro area, 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 the Clarksville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 349,001+8.5% since 2020
- Households
- 124,867
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,158 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 155
- Median household income
- $68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,173
- Median home value
- $253,300
- Jobs located here
- 93,447
- Daytime population
- 310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Knoxville, TN | 69 | 265 | 7.0 | $5.3M | +6.9% | #45 of 387 |
| 2Chattanooga, TN-GA | 65 | 177 | 7.7 | $4.9M | +5.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 3Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 64 | 724 | 8.7 | $4.7M | +8.7% | #83 of 387 |
| 4Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 63 | 82 | 6.3 | $5.3M | +2.3% | #90 of 387 |
| 5Clarksville, TN-KY | 60 | 91 | 7.3 | $4.8M | +8.5% | #116 of 387 |
| 6Cleveland, TN | 57 | 37 | 7.4 | $4.7M | +6.1% | #142 of 387 |
| 7Johnson City, TN | 54 | 66 | 7.4 | $4.4M | +4.3% | #165 of 387 |
| 8Morristown, TN | 54 | 39 | 8.1 | $4.1M | +7.9% | #166 of 387 |
| 9Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 46 | 434 | 8.3 | $4.4M | −0.3% | #235 of 387 |
| 10Jackson, TN | 40 | 56 | 7.7 | $4.3M | +2.2% | #276 of 387 |
Other business types in the Clarksville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes47
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?
There are 91 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Clarksville metro area as of September 2026. 44 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 71 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 68.3% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on food away from home?
About $439.7M a year, or $3,521 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Clarksville metro area has 7.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.8M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 106, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,759 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 68.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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. The Clarksville metro area scores 60 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #116 of 387 scored metro areas.
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