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Bakeries and dessert shops in Utah County, UT
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Utah County, UT, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,099 of 1,889 scored counties
#10 of 16 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 306
- 119 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 188
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +59.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $911.5M
- On food away from home · $4,490 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 759,859
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 306 bakeries and dessert shops in Utah County. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 15.1, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Utah County spend about $911.5M a year on food away from home, or $4,490 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 28% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Utah County was 188 in 2023, up 59.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,080 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. Another 24 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 33 SBA-backed loans worth $14.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Utah County.
Population estimates show Utah County grew 14.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Utah County has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #1,099 of 1,889 scored counties and #10 of 16 scored counties in Utah.
How Utah 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 | Utah County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 12.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,080 | 1,170 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +59.3% | +36.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,490 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $100,671 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 118 → 188All snack bars and retail bakeries · +59.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,402
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $44.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 24All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 306119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 220The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 33
- Amount
- $14.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Utah 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 Utah County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 759,859+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 203,018
- Median age
- 27.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,005 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 352
- Median household income
- $100,671+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,622
- Median home value
- $538,700
- Jobs located here
- 295,403
- Daytime population
- 667,806Residents 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 Utah County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes69
- Sit-down restaurants82
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes69
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Utah County, UT?
There are 306 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Utah County as of September 2026. 119 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 188 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 59.3% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 24 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Utah County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $911.5M a year, or $4,490 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 306 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $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 203,018 households in Utah County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Utah County, UT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Utah County has 15.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Utah County would have about 220, against 306 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,080 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 59.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Utah County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Utah County at 759,859 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 203,018 households. Median household income in Utah County is $100,671, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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. Utah County scores 46 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,099 of 1,889 scored counties.
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