Food and drink · Small-town market · Tennessee
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Cookeville, TN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Cookeville, TN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #332 of 507 scored small-town markets
#11 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 50
- 16 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 41
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +77.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $189.4M
- On food away from home · $3,227 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 152,477
- +7.6% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in the Cookeville area
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 50 bakeries and dessert shops in the Cookeville area. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.5 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Cookeville area comes to about $189.4M a year: $3,227 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% below 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 the Cookeville area was 41 in 2023, up 77.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,432 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Population estimates put the population change in the Cookeville area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Cookeville area scores 42 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #332 of 507 scored small-town markets and #11 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.
How the Cookeville 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 | Cookeville area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,432 | 1,740 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +77.3% | +60.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.6% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,227 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $55,380 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 41All snack bars and retail bakeries · +77.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 459
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5016 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 46The 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 the Cookeville 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 Cookeville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 152,477+7.6% since 2020
- Households
- 58,693
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,520 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $55,380
- Average household income
- $75,930
- Median home value
- $237,000
- Jobs located here
- 55,382
- Daytime population
- 142,620Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Cookeville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelbyville, TN | 77 | 13 | 6.7 | $5.2M | +9.7% | #24 of 507 |
| 2Fayetteville, TN | 74 | 10 | 6.7 | $5.1M | +4.3% | #36 of 507 |
| 3Greeneville, TN | 73 | 13 | 4.6 | $6.9M | +5.0% | #37 of 507 |
| 4Athens, TN | 73 | 14 | 5.3 | $6.3M | +8.2% | #38 of 507 |
| 5Crossville, TN | 72 | 15 | 5.3 | $6M | +8.0% | #44 of 507 |
| 6Winchester, TN | 66 | 11 | 6.3 | $5.4M | +6.4% | #83 of 507 |
| 7Newport, TN | 65 | 7 | 4.5 | $6.4M | +5.1% | #91 of 507 |
| 8Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 56 | 18 | 7.0 | $4.7M | +7.3% | #189 of 507 |
| 9Paris, TN | 53 | 10 | 7.4 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #225 of 507 |
| 10Lawrenceburg, TN | 52 | 14 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +6.2% | #235 of 507 |
| 11Cookeville, TN | 42 | 50 | 8.5 | $3.8M | +7.6% | #332 of 507 |
Other business types in the Cookeville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes50
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes48
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Cookeville, TN area?
The Cookeville area has 50 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 16 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 41 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 77.3% 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Cookeville, TN area spend on food away from home?
About $189.4M a year, or $3,227 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 50 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 58,693 households in the Cookeville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Cookeville, TN area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Cookeville area has 8.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Cookeville area would have about 46, against 50 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,432 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 77.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Cookeville, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Cookeville area at 152,477 people in 2025, up 7.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,693 households. Median household income in the Cookeville area is $55,380, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Cookeville area scores 42 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #332 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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