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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Lawrenceburg, TN area

How the Lawrenceburg, TN area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #235 of 507 scored small-town markets
#10 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee

Listings
14
3 chain locations (21%)
Official establishments
7
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$54M
On food away from home · $3,176 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.2
16% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,914
+6.2% since 2020

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What this means

Households in the Lawrenceburg area spend about $54M a year on food away from home, or $3,176 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

The Lawrenceburg area has 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 21%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.2, 16% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Lawrenceburg area was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,427 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. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $99K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Lawrenceburg area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lawrenceburg area grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Lawrenceburg area is 52 (upper middle), #235 of 507 scored small-town markets and #10 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee.

How the Lawrenceburg 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Lawrenceburg, TN area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureLawrenceburg areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.28.29.8
Spending per listing$3.9M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,4271,7401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,176$3,670$4,070
Median household income$54,706$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5256

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$938K
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
143 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$99K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Lawrenceburg 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 Lawrenceburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
46,914+6.2% since 2020
Households
16,991
Median age
39.4
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
617 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$54,706+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,545
Median home value
$194,400
Jobs located here
11,459
Daytime population
37,953Residents 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 small-town markets in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Lawrenceburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in Tennessee

Small-town markets in Tennessee ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shelbyville, TN77136.7$5.2M+9.7%#24 of 507
2Fayetteville, TN74106.7$5.1M+4.3%#36 of 507
3Greeneville, TN73134.6$6.9M+5.0%#37 of 507
4Athens, TN73145.3$6.3M+8.2%#38 of 507
5Crossville, TN72155.3$6M+8.0%#44 of 507
6Winchester, TN66116.3$5.4M+6.4%#83 of 507
7Newport, TN6574.5$6.4M+5.1%#91 of 507
8Tullahoma-Manchester, TN56187.0$4.7M+7.3%#189 of 507
9Paris, TN53107.4$4.1M+2.3%#225 of 507
10Lawrenceburg, TN52148.2$3.9M+6.2%#235 of 507

Other business types in the Lawrenceburg area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Lawrenceburg, TN area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 bakeries and dessert shops in the Lawrenceburg area. 3 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 7 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. Official counts also show 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Lawrenceburg, TN area spend on food away from home?

About $54M a year, or $3,176 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 16,991 households in the Lawrenceburg area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Lawrenceburg area has 8.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Lawrenceburg area would have about 13, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,427 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lawrenceburg, TN area growing?

Population estimates put the Lawrenceburg area at 46,914 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,991 households. The median household income in the Lawrenceburg area is $54,706 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.4% 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. 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 Lawrenceburg area scores 52 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #235 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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