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Bakeries and dessert shops in Overton County, TN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Overton County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #544 of 1,889 scored counties
#31 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $28.5M
- On food away from home · $3,143 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,787
- +5.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 bakeries and dessert shops in Overton County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 33% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Overton County comes to about $28.5M a year: $3,143 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.8M per shop, 15% above 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 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Overton County in 2023. That is one for every 3,024 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.
Population estimates show Overton County grew 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Overton County is 60 (upper middle), #544 of 1,889 scored counties and #31 of 61 scored counties in Tennessee.
How Overton 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 | Overton County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 3,024 | 1,740 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.3% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,143 | $3,670 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $48,959 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $411K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- 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 Overton 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 Overton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,787+5.3% since 2020
- Households
- 9,071
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 434 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $48,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,701
- Median home value
- $173,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,691
- Daytime population
- 18,265Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Tennessee market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Tennessee for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with Overton County marked.
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 |
| 31Overton County, TN | 60 | 6 | 6.6 | $4.8M | +5.3% | #544 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Overton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes65
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops51
- Pizza52
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Overton County, TN?
There are 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Overton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 3 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 Overton County, TN spend on food away from home?
About $28.5M a year, or $3,143 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 9,071 households in Overton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Overton County, TN compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Overton County has 6.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Overton County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,024 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Overton County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Overton County at 23,787 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,071 households. Median household income in Overton County is $48,959, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Overton County scores 60 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #544 of 1,889 scored counties.
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