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Bakeries and dessert shops in Alachua County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Alachua County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,122 of 1,889 scored counties
#43 of 53 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 112
- 45 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +27.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $417.4M
- On food away from home · $3,574 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 10% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 290,028
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 112 bakeries and dessert shops in Alachua County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Alachua County comes to about $417.4M a year: $3,574 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per shop, 10% 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 Alachua County was 75 in 2023, up 27.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,557 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. Another 10 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Alachua County.
Population estimates show Alachua County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Alachua County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,122 of 1,889 scored counties and #43 of 53 scored counties in Florida.
How Alachua County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Alachua County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,557 | 1,743 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.1% | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,574 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,949 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 59 → 75All snack bars and retail bakeries · +27.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 832
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 10All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11245 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 101The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Alachua 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 Alachua County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 290,028+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 116,786
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 54%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 326
- Median household income
- $61,949+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,386
- Median home value
- $288,800
- Jobs located here
- 139,721
- Daytime population
- 316,161Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 91 | 24 | 3.4 | $11M | +21.1% | #11 of 1,889 |
| 2Wakulla County, FL | 87 | 6 | 4.7 | $8.1M | +12.3% | #30 of 1,889 |
| 3Flagler County, FL | 85 | 29 | 5.5 | $7M | +21.0% | #49 of 1,889 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 85 | 50 | 6.9 | $6.1M | +11.7% | #53 of 1,889 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 81 | 32 | 8.1 | $5.1M | +17.4% | #81 of 1,889 |
| 6Suwannee County, FL | 77 | 5 | 3.1 | $10.3M | +10.6% | #122 of 1,889 |
| 7Lake County, FL | 77 | 109 | 6.6 | $5.6M | +18.1% | #131 of 1,889 |
| 8Citrus County, FL | 76 | 38 | 5.3 | $6.1M | +11.1% | #145 of 1,889 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 76 | 60 | 7.2 | $5.6M | +9.4% | #148 of 1,889 |
| 10Charlotte County, FL | 76 | 59 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +15.5% | #149 of 1,889 |
| 43Alachua County, FL | 45 | 112 | 9.6 | $3.7M | +3.7% | #1,122 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Alachua County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Alachua County, FL?
There are 112 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Alachua County as of September 2026. 45 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 27.1% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 10 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Alachua County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $417.4M a year, or $3,574 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 112 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 116,786 households in Alachua County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Alachua County, FL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Alachua County has 9.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.7M, 10% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Alachua County would have about 101, against 112 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,557 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Alachua County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Alachua County at 290,028 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,786 households. Median household income in Alachua County is $61,949, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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. Alachua County scores 45 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,122 of 1,889 scored counties.
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