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Bakeries and dessert shops in McNairy County, TN
The bakeries and dessert shops in McNairy County, TN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $30.9M
- On food away from home · $3,107 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- 86% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,236
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in McNairy County comes to about $30.9M a year: $3,107 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $7.7M per shop, 86% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
McNairy County has 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in McNairy County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,485 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 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of McNairy County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, McNairy County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How McNairy 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.
| Measure | McNairy County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,485 | 1,740 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,107 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,473 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 11
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $57K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 40 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 McNairy 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 McNairy County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,236+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,939
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 46
- Median household income
- $53,473+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,996
- Median home value
- $161,800
- Jobs located here
- 5,473
- Daytime population
- 21,102Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayette County, TN | 93 | 5 | 2.9 | $13.8M | +7.7% | #5 of 1,889 |
| 2Roane County, TN | 86 | 8 | 3.5 | $10.3M | +7.0% | #33 of 1,889 |
| 3Cheatham County, TN | 84 | 5 | 3.1 | $12.9M | +4.1% | #54 of 1,889 |
| 4Jefferson County, TN | 82 | 10 | 4.6 | $7.6M | +9.3% | #69 of 1,889 |
| 5Loudon County, TN | 81 | 14 | 5.8 | $6.8M | +15.6% | #75 of 1,889 |
| 6Robertson County, TN | 78 | 16 | 5.7 | $6.8M | +9.9% | #109 of 1,889 |
| 7Sumner County, TN | 78 | 51 | 6.5 | $6.4M | +9.2% | #114 of 1,889 |
| 8Hawkins County, TN | 77 | 8 | 3.4 | $9.3M | +5.0% | #123 of 1,889 |
| 9Giles County, TN | 74 | 7 | 5.8 | $6M | +3.6% | #185 of 1,889 |
| 10Bedford County, TN | 74 | 13 | 6.7 | $5.2M | +9.7% | #193 of 1,889 |
| McNairy County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 4.0 | $7.7M | +1.4% |
Other business types in McNairy County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in McNairy County, TN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 bakeries and dessert shops in McNairy County. 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in McNairy County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $30.9M a year, or $3,107 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 9,939 households in McNairy County and national spending patterns by income.
How does McNairy County, TN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
McNairy County has 4.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.7M, 86% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, McNairy County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,485 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is McNairy County, TN growing?
Population estimates put McNairy County at 26,236 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,939 households. The median household income in McNairy County is $53,473 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.6% 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. McNairy 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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