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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hickman County, TN

How Hickman 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$32.3M
On food away from home · $3,420 a household
Spending per listing
$16.1M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
26,219
+5.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Hickman County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Hickman County comes to about $32.3M a year: $3,420 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $16.1M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hickman County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Hickman County grew 5.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Hickman County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Hickman 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Hickman County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHickman CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.18.29.8
Spending per listing$16.1M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,7401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,420$3,670$4,070
Median household income$68,247$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Hickman 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 Hickman County

Population, 2025 estimate
26,219+5.0% since 2020
Households
9,435
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
613 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$68,247+56.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,308
Median home value
$224,100
Jobs located here
4,018
Daytime population
20,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Hickman County marked.

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fayette County, TN9352.9$13.8M+7.7%#5 of 1,889
2Roane County, TN8683.5$10.3M+7.0%#33 of 1,889
3Cheatham County, TN8453.1$12.9M+4.1%#54 of 1,889
4Jefferson County, TN82104.6$7.6M+9.3%#69 of 1,889
5Loudon County, TN81145.8$6.8M+15.6%#75 of 1,889
6Robertson County, TN78165.7$6.8M+9.9%#109 of 1,889
7Sumner County, TN78516.5$6.4M+9.2%#114 of 1,889
8Hawkins County, TN7783.4$9.3M+5.0%#123 of 1,889
9Giles County, TN7475.8$6M+3.6%#185 of 1,889
10Bedford County, TN74136.7$5.2M+9.7%#193 of 1,889
Hickman County, TNNot scored22.1$16.1M+5.0%

Other business types in Hickman County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Hickman County, TN?

Hickman County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Hickman County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Hickman County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $32.3M a year, or $3,420 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $16.1M 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 9,435 households in Hickman County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hickman County, TN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Hickman County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hickman County would have about 8, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Hickman County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Hickman County at 26,219 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,435 households. Median household income in Hickman County is $68,247, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.5%, 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. Hickman County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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