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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County, GA
The bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #854 of 1,889 scored counties
#47 of 77 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 78
- 38 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $345.8M
- On food away from home · $3,264 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.4
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 297,471
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Clayton County spend about $345.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,264 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Spread across 78 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.4M per shop, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Clayton County has 78 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 38 are chain locations, or 49%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 7.4 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clayton County in 2023. That is one for every 5,886 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 36 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $614K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clayton County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Clayton County declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, Clayton County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #854 of 1,889 scored counties and #47 of 77 scored counties in Georgia.
How Clayton 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 | Clayton County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.4 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 5,886 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,264 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,806 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 18All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 231
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 36All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7838 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $614K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clayton 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 Clayton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 297,471−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 105,941
- Median age
- 34.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 142 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,110
- Median household income
- $59,806+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,514
- Median home value
- $222,300
- Jobs located here
- 139,154
- Daytime population
- 313,425Residents 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 Clayton 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 |
| 47Clayton County, GA | 52 | 78 | 7.4 | $4.4M | −0.6% | #854 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Clayton County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes32
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops15
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clayton County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 78 bakeries and dessert shops in Clayton County. 38 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 18 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 36 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clayton County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $345.8M a year, or $3,264 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 78 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 105,941 households in Clayton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clayton County, GA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Clayton County has 7.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clayton County would have about 84, against 78 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,886 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Clayton County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Clayton County at 297,471 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 105,941 households. The median household income in Clayton County is $59,806 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Clayton County scores 52 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #854 of 1,889 scored counties.
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