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Bakeries and dessert shops in Chattooga County, GA
How Chattooga County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $26.9M
- On food away from home · $2,935 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 66% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,300
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Chattooga County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $2,935 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Chattooga County spend about $26.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.2 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Chattooga County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Chattooga County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Chattooga County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Chattooga County 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 | Chattooga County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,935 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $50,285 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 62 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Chattooga 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 Chattooga County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,300+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,154
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 313 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $50,285+36.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,112
- Median home value
- $115,600
- Jobs located here
- 4,787
- Daytime population
- 19,276Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Chattooga County marked.
Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paulding County, GA | 94 | 24 | 4.0 | $10.8M | +12.7% | #2 of 1,889 |
| 2Harris County, GA | 93 | 5 | 3.8 | $11.4M | +6.8% | #7 of 1,889 |
| 3Monroe County, GA | 90 | 6 | 5.7 | $7.1M | +14.1% | #15 of 1,889 |
| 4Effingham County, GA | 89 | 12 | 4.9 | $8.3M | +14.1% | #21 of 1,889 |
| 5Walton County, GA | 85 | 22 | 6.2 | $6.4M | +16.0% | #51 of 1,889 |
| 6Bryan County, GA | 84 | 9 | 5.4 | $8.3M | +15.6% | #55 of 1,889 |
| 7Newton County, GA | 83 | 26 | 6.3 | $5.9M | +11.2% | #64 of 1,889 |
| 8Jackson County, GA | 80 | 23 | 8.1 | $5.1M | +29.3% | #93 of 1,889 |
| 9Haralson County, GA | 79 | 6 | 5.1 | $7.2M | +10.0% | #99 of 1,889 |
| 10Barrow County, GA | 77 | 21 | 6.8 | $5.6M | +18.7% | #132 of 1,889 |
| Chattooga County, GA | Not scored | 3 | 3.3 | $9M | +1.5% |
Other business types in Chattooga County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants50
- Fast food and sandwich shops39
- Pizza30
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Chattooga County, GA?
There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Chattooga County 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 Chattooga County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Chattooga County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $26.9M a year, or $2,935 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 9,154 households in Chattooga County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chattooga County, GA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Chattooga County has 3.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 66% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $9M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Chattooga County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Chattooga County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Chattooga County at 25,300 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,154 households. Median household income in Chattooga County is $50,285, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 36.6%, 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. Chattooga County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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