Food and drink · Small-town market · Delaware
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Seaford, DE area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Seaford, DE area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #291 of 507 scored small-town markets
The only scored small-town market based in Delaware
- Listings
- 159
- 64 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +11.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $423M
- On food away from home · $3,974 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 52% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 277,140
- +16.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 159 bakeries and dessert shops in the Seaford area. 64 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 14.9 per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in the Seaford area spend about $423M a year on food away from home, or $3,974 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 159 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.7M per shop, 36% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 80 businesses with payroll in the Seaford area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 11.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,331 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Seaford area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Seaford area from 2020 to 2025 at +16.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Seaford area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #291 of 507 scored small-town markets and the only scored small-town market based in Delaware.
How the Seaford area compares
The same measures for Delaware 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 | Seaford area | Delaware | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 10.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,331 | 1,570 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.1% | +10.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.1% | +6.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,974 | $4,092 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,497 | $84,954 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80All snack bars and retail bakeries · +11.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 753
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 15964 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 102The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Seaford area, 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 the Seaford area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 277,140+16.1% since 2020
- Households
- 106,441
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 273
- Median household income
- $81,497
- Average household income
- $109,287
- Median home value
- $382,600
- Jobs located here
- 85,870
- Daytime population
- 239,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops79
- Pizza73
- Coffee shops and cafes68
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Seaford, DE area?
There are 159 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Seaford area as of September 2026. 64 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 11.1% 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Seaford, DE area spend on food away from home?
About $423M a year, or $3,974 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 159 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 106,441 households in the Seaford area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Seaford, DE area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Seaford area has 14.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 52% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Seaford area would have about 102, against 159 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,331 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Seaford, DE area growing?
Population estimates put the Seaford area at 277,140 people in 2025, up 16.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 106,441 households. Median household income in the Seaford area is $81,497, in line with 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Seaford area scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #291 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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