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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clarke County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Clarke County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,687 of 1,889 scored counties
#75 of 77 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 49
- 27 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 47
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +30.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $178.4M
- On food away from home · $3,277 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 129,921
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Clarke County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,687 of 1,889 scored counties and #75 of 77 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 bakeries and dessert shops in Clarke County. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $3,277 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Clarke County spend about $178.4M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 12% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clarke County was 47 in 2023, up 30.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,159 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $287K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clarke County. Population estimates put the population change in Clarke County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Clarke 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 | Clarke County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,159 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.6% | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,277 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $53,625 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36 → 47All snack bars and retail bakeries · +30.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 593
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $287K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clarke 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 Clarke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 129,921+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 54,454
- Median age
- 33.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 41%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,086
- Median household income
- $53,625+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,676
- Median home value
- $298,900
- Jobs located here
- 71,696
- Daytime population
- 151,489Residents 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 Clarke 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 |
| 75Clarke County, GA | 27 | 49 | 9.0 | $3.6M | +1.0% | #1,687 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Clarke County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes19
- Sit-down restaurants21
- Fast food and sandwich shops21
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes21
- Bakeries and dessert shops27
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clarke County, GA?
There are 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Clarke County as of September 2026. 27 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 30.6% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Clarke County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $178.4M a year, or $3,277 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 54,454 households in Clarke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clarke County, GA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Clarke County has 9.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clarke County would have about 43, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,159 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Clarke County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clarke County at 129,921 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 54,454 households. Median household income in Clarke County is $53,625, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.8%, 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. Clarke County scores 27 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,687 of 1,889 scored counties.
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