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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sauk County, WI
How Sauk County, WI 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 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,222 of 1,889 scored counties
#47 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 32
- 10 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $109.7M
- On food away from home · $3,920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 66,652
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Sauk County spend about $109.7M a year on food away from home, or $3,920 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.4M per shop, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Sauk County has 32 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.4, 16% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sauk County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,555 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 $319K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sauk County.
Population estimates put the population change in Sauk County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Sauk County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,222 of 1,889 scored counties and #47 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Sauk 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 | Sauk County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,555 | 1,735 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,920 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,541 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 18All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 141
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $319K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sauk 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 Sauk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 66,652+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 27,987
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 832 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 79
- Median household income
- $79,541+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,005
- Median home value
- $258,600
- Jobs located here
- 36,015
- Daytime population
- 65,185Residents 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 |
| 47Sauk County, WI | 42 | 32 | 11.4 | $3.4M | +1.3% | #1,222 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Sauk County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops42
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Sauk County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 32 bakeries and dessert shops in Sauk County. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 18 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 Sauk County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $109.7M a year, or $3,920 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 27,987 households in Sauk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sauk County, WI compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Sauk County has 11.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sauk County would have about 27, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,555 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Sauk County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Sauk County at 66,652 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,987 households. The median household income in Sauk County is $79,541 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. Sauk County scores 42 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,222 of 1,889 scored counties.
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