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Bakeries and dessert shops in Iron County, UT
How Iron County, UT compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #994 of 1,889 scored counties
#7 of 16 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $72.4M
- On food away from home · $3,594 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 67,141
- +16.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 bakeries and dessert shops in Iron County. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 14% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Iron County comes to about $72.4M a year: $3,594 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3% 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 24 businesses with payroll in Iron County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 840 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. Official counts list 4 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $53K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Iron County.
Population estimates put the population change in Iron County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Iron County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #994 of 1,889 scored counties and #7 of 16 scored counties in Utah.
How Iron County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Iron County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 12.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 840 | 1,170 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,594 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,247 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 24All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 266
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $53K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Iron 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 Iron County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 67,141+16.4% since 2020
- Households
- 20,157
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 3,296 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $66,247+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,495
- Median home value
- $379,000
- Jobs located here
- 23,946
- Daytime population
- 58,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 78 | 20 | 8.4 | $5.4M | +19.2% | #120 of 1,889 |
| 2Sevier County, UT | 65 | 6 | 8.0 | $4.6M | +5.9% | #401 of 1,889 |
| 3Duchesne County, UT | 61 | 6 | 8.7 | $4.4M | +6.3% | #520 of 1,889 |
| 4Weber County, UT | 58 | 90 | 9.6 | $4.3M | +5.8% | #627 of 1,889 |
| 5Box Elder County, UT | 58 | 19 | 9.7 | $4.1M | +12.7% | #632 of 1,889 |
| 6Davis County, UT | 55 | 131 | 11.3 | $4.1M | +4.8% | #750 of 1,889 |
| 7Iron County, UT | 48 | 17 | 8.4 | $4.3M | +16.4% | #994 of 1,889 |
| 8Salt Lake County, UT | 47 | 491 | 11.5 | $3.8M | +2.9% | #1,041 of 1,889 |
| 9Wasatch County, UT | 47 | 27 | 21.0 | $2.4M | +9.9% | #1,057 of 1,889 |
| 10Utah County, UT | 46 | 306 | 15.1 | $3M | +14.5% | #1,099 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Iron County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants44
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza57
- Coffee shops and cafes34
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Iron County, UT?
Iron County has 17 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 24 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. Official counts also show 4 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Iron County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $72.4M a year, or $3,594 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 20,157 households in Iron County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Iron County, UT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Iron County has 8.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Iron County would have about 18, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 840 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Iron County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Iron County at 67,141 people in 2025, up 16.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,157 households. Median household income in Iron County is $66,247, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.9%, 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. Iron County scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #994 of 1,889 scored counties.
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