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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sequatchie County, TN

The bakeries and dessert shops in Sequatchie 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
2 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
4
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$19.8M
On food away from home · $3,202 a household
Spending per listing
$5M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,861
+12.7% 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 Sequatchie County. That comes to 6.5 for every 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Sequatchie County comes to about $19.8M a year: $3,202 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5M per shop, 20% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Sequatchie County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,549 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.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sequatchie County grew 12.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Sequatchie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Sequatchie 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 Sequatchie County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureSequatchie CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.58.29.8
Spending per listing$5M$4.5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,5491,7401,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.7%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,202$3,670$4,070
Median household income$58,750$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored56

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$264K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
42 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Sequatchie 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 Sequatchie County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,861+12.7% since 2020
Households
6,194
Median age
45.0
Homes lived in by their owners
78%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
266 sq. mi.
People per square mile
63
Median household income
$58,750+19.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,174
Median home value
$232,600
Jobs located here
3,543
Daytime population
14,059Residents 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 Sequatchie 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
Sequatchie County, TNNot scored46.5$5M+12.7%

Other business types in Sequatchie County

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

Questions

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

Sequatchie 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 4 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 Sequatchie County, TN spend on food away from home?

About $19.8M a year, or $3,202 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5M 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 6,194 households in Sequatchie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sequatchie County has 6.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sequatchie County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,549 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Sequatchie County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Sequatchie County at 17,861 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,194 households. Median household income in Sequatchie County is $58,750, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.0%, 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. Sequatchie 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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