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Bakeries and dessert shops in Winston County, AL
How Winston County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.5M
- On food away from home · $3,133 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 23,829
- +1.4% since 2020
See the bakeries and dessert shops around any address in Winston County
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What this means
There are no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Winston County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Winston County would have about 7, against none on map listings.
At $3,133 per household (23% below the U.S. average), households in Winston County spend about $29.5M a year on food away from home. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Winston County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Winston County grew 1.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Winston County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Winston County compares
The same measures for Alabama 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 | Winston County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 6.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 2,267 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,133 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $57,256 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 70 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Winston 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 Winston County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,829+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 9,420
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 613 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $57,256+60.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,668
- Median home value
- $118,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,365
- Daytime population
- 22,080Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Winston County?
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Winston County marked.
Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 93 | 15 | 3.7 | $11M | +18.0% | #8 of 1,889 |
| 2St. Clair County, AL | 86 | 16 | 4.6 | $8.1M | +7.1% | #37 of 1,889 |
| 3Chilton County, AL | 77 | 8 | 4.5 | $7.5M | +5.9% | #125 of 1,889 |
| 4Elmore County, AL | 77 | 21 | 6.4 | $5.9M | +4.2% | #130 of 1,889 |
| 5Autauga County, AL | 76 | 11 | 4.8 | $7.8M | +5.1% | #140 of 1,889 |
| 6Jackson County, AL | 75 | 5 | 2.3 | $13.6M | +3.3% | #154 of 1,889 |
| 7Madison County, AL | 72 | 132 | 8.0 | $5.2M | +11.0% | #222 of 1,889 |
| 8Tuscaloosa County, AL | 71 | 48 | 5.3 | $6.6M | +3.8% | #237 of 1,889 |
| 9Colbert County, AL | 70 | 13 | 5.3 | $6.2M | +3.8% | #260 of 1,889 |
| 10Shelby County, AL | 70 | 73 | 8.4 | $5.3M | +6.5% | #271 of 1,889 |
| Winston County, AL | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.4% |
Other business types in Winston County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes64
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops43
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Winston County, AL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no bakeries and dessert shops in Winston 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 Winston County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Winston County, AL spend on food away from home?
About $29.5M a year, or $3,133 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,420 households in Winston County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Winston County, AL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Winston County has no bakeries and dessert shops on map listings. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Winston County would have about 7, against none on map listings.
How fast is Winston County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Winston County at 23,829 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,420 households. Median household income in Winston County is $57,256, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 60.0%, 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. Winston County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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