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Bakeries and dessert shops in Wasatch County, UT
The bakeries and dessert shops in Wasatch County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,057 of 1,889 scored counties
#9 of 16 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 27
- 7 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $64.3M
- On food away from home · $4,994 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.0
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,514
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wasatch County spend about $64.3M a year on food away from home, or $4,994 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per shop, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Wasatch County has 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 21.0 for every 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Wasatch County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,431 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $488K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Wasatch County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wasatch County grew 9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wasatch County scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,057 of 1,889 scored counties and #9 of 16 scored counties in Utah.
How Wasatch 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 | Wasatch County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.0 | 12.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,431 | 1,170 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,994 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $117,608 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 147
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 277 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $488K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Wasatch 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 Wasatch County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,514+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,880
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 1,177 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $117,608+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $167,205
- Median home value
- $787,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,903
- Daytime population
- 27,619Residents 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 Wasatch County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes73
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops79
- Pizza77
- Coffee shops and cafes65
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Wasatch County, UT?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 bakeries and dessert shops in Wasatch County. 7 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.
How much do households in Wasatch County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $64.3M a year, or $4,994 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,880 households in Wasatch County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasatch County, UT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Wasatch County has 21.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Wasatch County would have about 16, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,431 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Wasatch County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Wasatch County at 38,514 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,880 households. The median household income in Wasatch County is $117,608 a year, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Wasatch County scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,057 of 1,889 scored counties.
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