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Bakeries and dessert shops in Tooele County, UT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Tooele County, UT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 78 out of 100: High
Ranked #120 of 1,889 scored counties
#1 of 16 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 20
- 6 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $107.2M
- On food away from home · $4,481 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.4M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 87,461
- +19.2% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Tooele County has a Groundwork market score of 78 (high): #120 of 1,889 scored counties and #1 of 16 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for bakeries and dessert shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 bakeries and dessert shops in Tooele County. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.4 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Tooele County spend about $107.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,481 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 29% 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 12 businesses with payroll in Tooele County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,994 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $530K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Tooele County. Population estimates put the population change in Tooele County from 2020 to 2025 at +19.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Tooele 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 | Tooele County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 12.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.4M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,994 | 1,170 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +19.2% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,481 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $106,587 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 78 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 171
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 206 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $530K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Tooele 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 Tooele County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 87,461+19.2% since 2020
- Households
- 23,925
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 7,040 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $106,587+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,358
- Median home value
- $431,600
- Jobs located here
- 18,741
- Daytime population
- 54,672Residents 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 Tooele County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes88
- Sit-down restaurants91
- Fast food and sandwich shops80
- Pizza85
- Coffee shops and cafes81
- Bakeries and dessert shops78
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Tooele County, UT?
There are 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Tooele County as of September 2026. 6 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 12 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 Tooele County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $107.2M a year, or $4,481 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.4M 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 23,925 households in Tooele County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tooele County, UT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Tooele 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 $5.4M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Tooele County would have about 26, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,994 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Tooele County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Tooele County at 87,461 people in 2025, up 19.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,925 households. Median household income in Tooele County is $106,587, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.0%, 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. Tooele County scores 78 for bakeries and dessert shops (high), #120 of 1,889 scored counties.
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