Food and drink · Metro area · Georgia
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Albany, GA metro area
The bakeries and dessert shops in the Albany, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #170 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 36
- 15 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $184.8M
- On food away from home · $3,203 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- 24% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.2
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,510
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Albany metro area comes to about $184.8M a year: $3,203 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 24% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
The Albany metro area has 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.2, 37% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in the Albany metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 3,846 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 7 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Albany metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Albany metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Albany metro area scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #170 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Albany metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Albany metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.2 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 3,846 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,203 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,906 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 169
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 7All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3615 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Albany metro 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 Albany metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,510−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 57,689
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $56,906+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,184
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,961
- Daytime population
- 147,829Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Albany metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hinesville, GA | 79 | 13 | 4.3 | $7.6M | +12.6% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 70 | 164 | 7.1 | $5.2M | +4.7% | #40 of 387 |
| 3Macon-Bibb County, GA | 66 | 54 | 6.1 | $5.6M | +2.1% | #65 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 65 | 177 | 7.7 | $4.9M | +5.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 4Gainesville, GA | 64 | 64 | 8.7 | $4.6M | +11.4% | #84 of 387 |
| 5Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 61 | 2,220 | 9.6 | $4.4M | +5.9% | #108 of 387 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 67 | 9.0 | $4.2M | +8.2% | #122 of 387 |
| 7Columbus, GA-AL | 57 | 74 | 5.8 | $5.8M | −1.3% | #136 of 387 |
| 8Rome, GA | 56 | 27 | 7.3 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #149 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 54 | 38 | 6.7 | $4.8M | +3.3% | #160 of 387 |
| 10Albany, GA | 53 | 36 | 6.2 | $5.1M | −1.8% | #170 of 387 |
Other business types in the Albany metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes30
- Sit-down restaurants28
- Fast food and sandwich shops8
- Pizza10
- Coffee shops and cafes60
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Albany, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 bakeries and dessert shops in the Albany metro area. 15 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. 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.
How much do households in the Albany, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $184.8M a year, or $3,203 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 57,689 households in the Albany metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Albany metro area has 6.2 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.1M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Albany metro area would have about 45, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,846 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Albany, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany metro area at 145,510 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,689 households. The median household income in the Albany metro area is $56,906 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. The Albany metro area scores 53 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #170 of 387 scored metro areas.
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