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Bakeries and dessert shops in Okaloosa County, FL
How Okaloosa County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,132 of 1,889 scored counties
#45 of 53 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 113
- 43 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 58
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +45.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $345.1M
- On food away from home · $4,041 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.2
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 221,810
- +4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Okaloosa County spend about $345.1M a year on food away from home, or $4,041 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 113 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.1M per shop, 26% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Okaloosa County has 113 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 13.2 for every 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Okaloosa County in 2023, up 45.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,473 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Okaloosa County.
Population estimates put the population change in Okaloosa County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Okaloosa County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,132 of 1,889 scored counties and #45 of 53 scored counties in Florida.
How Okaloosa 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 | Okaloosa County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.2 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,473 | 1,743 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +45.0% | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,041 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $81,998 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 40 → 58All snack bars and retail bakeries · +45.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 556
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 11343 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 221,810+4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 85,411
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 930 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 233
- Median household income
- $81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,934
- Median home value
- $351,200
- Jobs located here
- 91,084
- Daytime population
- 224,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Okaloosa County marked.
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 |
| 45Okaloosa County, FL | 45 | 113 | 13.2 | $3.1M | +4.6% | #1,132 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Okaloosa County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops45
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Okaloosa County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 bakeries and dessert shops in Okaloosa County. 43 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 58 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 45.0% from 2019. 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 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Okaloosa County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $345.1M a year, or $4,041 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Okaloosa County, FL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Okaloosa County has 13.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 83, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,473 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 45.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Okaloosa County scores 45 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,132 of 1,889 scored counties.
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