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Bakeries and dessert shops in Taylor County, FL

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Taylor County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.7M
On food away from home · $2,977 a household
Spending per listing
$11.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
21,210
−2.5% 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

At $2,977 per household (27% below the U.S. average), households in Taylor County spend about $23.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $11.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Taylor County as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Taylor County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $673K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Taylor County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Taylor County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Taylor County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Taylor 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 Taylor County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureTaylor CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.59.99.8
Spending per listing$11.9M$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, 2020–2025−2.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,977$3,841$4,070
Median household income$49,073$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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$673K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Taylor 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 Taylor County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,210−2.5% since 2020
Households
7,976
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,043 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$49,073+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$74,169
Median home value
$114,600
Jobs located here
6,146
Daytime population
19,891Residents 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 Taylor 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
Taylor County, FLNot scored22.5$11.9M−2.5%

Other business types in Taylor County

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

Questions

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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Taylor 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 Taylor County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $23.7M a year, or $2,977 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $11.9M 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 7,976 households in Taylor County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Taylor County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Taylor County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Taylor County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Taylor County at 21,210 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,976 households. The median household income in Taylor County is $49,073 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.8% 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. Taylor County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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 Taylor County

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