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Bakeries and dessert shops in Lauderdale County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Lauderdale County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,210 of 1,889 scored counties
#50 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$28.2M
On food away from home · $3,021 a household
Spending per listing
$4.7M
13% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.4
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
24,617
−2.0% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Lauderdale County comes to about $28.2M a year: $3,021 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Lauderdale County has 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 35% across the U.S. That is 6.4 per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Lauderdale County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,331 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 show Lauderdale County declined 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Lauderdale County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,210 of 1,889 scored counties and #50 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLauderdale CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.48.29.8
Spending per listing$4.7M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,3311,7401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,021$3,670$4,070
Median household income$49,879$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4256

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
12
Annual payroll, 2023
$119K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County

Population, 2025 estimate
24,617−2.0% since 2020
Households
9,325
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
472 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$49,879+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$66,819
Median home value
$143,200
Jobs located here
6,626
Daytime population
21,291Residents 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 Lauderdale 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
50Lauderdale County, TN4266.4$4.7M−2.0%#1,210 of 1,889

Other business types in Lauderdale County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 bakeries and dessert shops in Lauderdale County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. 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 Lauderdale County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $28.2M a year, or $3,021 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 9,325 households in Lauderdale County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lauderdale County has 6.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Lauderdale County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,331 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Lauderdale County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Lauderdale County at 24,617 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 9,325 households. The median household income in Lauderdale County is $49,879 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Lauderdale County scores 42 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,210 of 1,889 scored counties.

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