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Bakeries and dessert shops in Walworth County, WI
The bakeries and dessert shops in Walworth County, WI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,149 of 1,889 scored counties
#45 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 45
- 8 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 34
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $177.2M
- On food away from home · $4,113 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.4
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,127
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 bakeries and dessert shops in Walworth County. 8 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.4, 6% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Walworth County spend about $177.2M a year on food away from home, or $4,113 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 45 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 5% 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 Walworth County was 34 in 2023, up 36.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,267 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. Official counts list 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $710K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Walworth County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Walworth County grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Walworth County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #1,149 of 1,889 scored counties and #45 of 61 scored counties in Wisconsin.
How Walworth 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 | Walworth County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.4 | 7.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,267 | 1,735 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +36.0% | +35.1% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,113 | $3,959 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $80,520 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 25 → 34All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 300
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 458 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $710K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Walworth 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 Walworth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,127+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 43,087
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 190
- Median household income
- $80,520+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,464
- Median home value
- $302,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,660
- Daytime population
- 95,627Residents 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 |
| 45Walworth County, WI | 44 | 45 | 10.4 | $3.9M | +0.8% | #1,149 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Walworth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Walworth County, WI?
There are 45 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Walworth County as of September 2026. 8 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 34 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 36.0% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Walworth County, WI spend on food away from home?
About $177.2M a year, or $4,113 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 43,087 households in Walworth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walworth County, WI compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Walworth County has 10.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Walworth County would have about 43, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,267 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Walworth County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Walworth County at 106,127 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,087 households. Median household income in Walworth County is $80,520, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Walworth County scores 44 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,149 of 1,889 scored counties.
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