Trends · data through September 2026

Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts in Kentucky

Iceflower tracks 331 stores from 264 bakeries, donuts & desserts in Kentucky. Nothing Bundt Cakes grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Best Donuts and Emerson's Bakery.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
264
Tracked stores
331
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked bakeries, donuts & desserts

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Nothing Bundt Cakes and Best Donuts sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 N Nothing Bundt Cakes logo Nothing Bundt Cakes ▲1 +7.7%
2 B Best Donuts ▲1 +1.9%
3 E Emerson's Bakery logo Emerson's Bakery - +0.5%
4 K King Donuts - +0.3%
5 F Flowers Baking Co logo Flowers Baking Co - -5.0%
6 K Krispy Kreme logo Krispy Kreme ▼1 -5.7%
7 G Gigi's Cupcakes logo Gigi's Cupcakes - -6.1%
8 F Franks Donuts - -7.5%
9 D Donut Express ▲1 -8.7%
10 A Auntie Anne's logo Auntie Anne's - -8.8%
11 I Insomnia Cookies logo Insomnia Cookies - -9.0%
12 L La Esperanza Bakery - -12.1%
13 C Cinnabon logo Cinnabon ▼1 -13.4%
14 P Peach Cobbler Factory logo Peach Cobbler Factory ▼1 -14.3%
15 G Great American Cookies logo Great American Cookies - -15.5%
  • Auntie Anne's
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Jeff's Donuts
  • Great American Cookies
  • King Donuts
  • Winchell's Donut House
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

331 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Auntie Anne's (12)
  • Nothing Bundt Cakes (5)
  • Krispy Kreme (6)
  • Jeff's Donuts (2)
  • Great American Cookies (8)
  • King Donuts (5)
  • Winchell's Donut House (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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