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Bakeries and dessert shops in Marshall County, TN

How Marshall 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
6
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$49.5M
On food away from home · $3,636 a household
Spending per listing
$12.4M
3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
70% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
38,071
+10.5% 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 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Marshall County. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Households in Marshall County spend about $49.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,636 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $12.4M per shop, 3 times 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 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marshall County in 2023. That is one for every 2,270 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.7M has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marshall County.

Population estimates show Marshall County grew 10.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Marshall County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Marshall 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 Marshall County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMarshall CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.98.29.8
Spending per listing$12.4M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,2701,7401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,636$3,670$4,070
Median household income$71,049$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$86K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.7M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Marshall 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 Marshall County

Population, 2025 estimate
38,071+10.5% since 2020
Households
13,622
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
376 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$71,049+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,058
Median home value
$279,800
Jobs located here
9,774
Daytime population
28,975Residents 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 Marshall 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
Marshall County, TNNot scored42.9$12.4M+10.5%

Other business types in Marshall County

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

Questions

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

Marshall County has 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops.

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

About $49.5M a year, or $3,636 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $12.4M 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 13,622 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marshall County has 2.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $12.4M, 3 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Marshall County would have about 12, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,270 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Marshall County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Marshall County at 38,071 people in 2025, up 10.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,622 households. Median household income in Marshall County is $71,049, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Marshall County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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