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Bakeries and dessert shops in Glades County, FL

The bakeries and dessert shops in Glades County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$13.7M
On food away from home · $3,049 a household
Spending per listing
$13.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
13,270
+9.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 bakery or dessert shop in Glades County. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on food away from home in Glades County comes to about $13.7M a year: $3,049 per household, 25% below the U.S. average. That works out to $13.7M per shop. 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 Glades County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Glades County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Glades County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Glades 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Glades County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureGlades CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.29.99.8
Spending per listing$13.7M$3.9M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,7431,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.9%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,049$3,841$4,070
Median household income$45,870$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Glades 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 Glades County

Population, 2025 estimate
13,270+9.9% since 2020
Households
4,500
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
807 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$45,870+11.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,018
Median home value
$137,000
Jobs located here
2,406
Daytime population
10,623Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Glades County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL91243.4$11M+21.1%#11 of 1,889
2Wakulla County, FL8764.7$8.1M+12.3%#30 of 1,889
3Flagler County, FL85295.5$7M+21.0%#49 of 1,889
4Santa Rosa County, FL85506.9$6.1M+11.7%#53 of 1,889
5Nassau County, FL81328.1$5.1M+17.4%#81 of 1,889
6Suwannee County, FL7753.1$10.3M+10.6%#122 of 1,889
7Lake County, FL771096.6$5.6M+18.1%#131 of 1,889
8Citrus County, FL76385.3$6.1M+11.1%#145 of 1,889
9Clay County, FL76607.2$5.6M+9.4%#148 of 1,889
10Charlotte County, FL76596.5$5.5M+15.5%#149 of 1,889
Glades County, FLNot scored12.2$13.7M+9.9%

Other business types in Glades County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Glades County, FL?

Glades County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Glades County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Glades County, FL spend on food away from home?

About $13.7M a year, or $3,049 per household. That is 25% below the U.S. average (an index of 75, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $13.7M 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 4,500 households in Glades County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Glades County, FL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Glades County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Glades County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Glades County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Glades County at 13,270 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,500 households. Median household income in Glades County is $45,870, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 11.9%, 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. Glades County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Glades County

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