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Bakeries and dessert shops in Forest County, WI
The bakeries and dessert shops in Forest County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On food away from home · $3,384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,574
- +4.4% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Forest County
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Forest County comes to about $13.6M a year: $3,384 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $6.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Forest County as of September 2026. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Forest County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Forest County grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Forest County compares
The same measures for Wisconsin 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 | Forest County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.8M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,735 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,384 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,071 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Forest 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 Forest County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,574+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 4,006
- Median age
- 48.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 9
- Median household income
- $61,071
- Average household income
- $77,601
- Median home value
- $185,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,301
- Daytime population
- 8,665Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, WI | 83 | 26 | 4.6 | $9.6M | +1.8% | #57 of 1,889 |
| 2Pierce County, WI | 81 | 10 | 6.3 | $6.8M | +3.1% | #76 of 1,889 |
| 3Oconto County, WI | 81 | 10 | 5.9 | $6.4M | +2.9% | #77 of 1,889 |
| 4Clark County, WI | 77 | 5 | 3.9 | $9.3M | +1.2% | #124 of 1,889 |
| 5Calumet County, WI | 76 | 11 | 5.1 | $8.2M | +2.9% | #138 of 1,889 |
| 6St. Croix County, WI | 75 | 25 | 6.7 | $7M | +4.7% | #162 of 1,889 |
| 7Winnebago County, WI | 72 | 38 | 5.2 | $7.3M | +1.4% | #215 of 1,889 |
| 8Monroe County, WI | 70 | 5 | 2.7 | $13.4M | +0.6% | #251 of 1,889 |
| 9Jefferson County, WI | 70 | 19 | 5.4 | $7.3M | +0.3% | #255 of 1,889 |
| 10Fond du Lac County, WI | 70 | 23 | 5.3 | $7.2M | +0.5% | #257 of 1,889 |
| Forest County, WI | Not scored | 2 | 5.0 | $6.8M | +4.4% |
Other business types in Forest County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes
- Sit-down restaurants
- Fast food and sandwich shops
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Forest County, WI?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Forest County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Forest County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Forest County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $13.6M a year, or $3,384 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 4,006 households in Forest County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forest County, WI compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Forest County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Forest County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Forest County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Forest County at 9,574 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,006 households. The median household income in Forest County is $61,071 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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