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Bakeries and dessert shops in Henry County, GA

How Henry 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 · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #223 of 1,889 scored counties
#24 of 77 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
67
24 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
45
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +55.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$345.6M
On food away from home · $3,986 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
264,922
+9.5% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Henry County comes to about $345.6M a year: $3,986 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.2M per shop, 24% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 67 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Henry County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 45 businesses with payroll in Henry County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 55.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,927 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 38 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Henry County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Henry County grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Henry County is 72 (upper middle), #223 of 1,889 scored counties and #24 of 77 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Henry 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Henry County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHenry CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.78.69.8
Spending per listing$5.2M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,9271,7231,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+55.2%+46.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,986$3,917$4,070
Median household income$83,146$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score7262

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29 → 45All snack bars and retail bakeries · +55.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
457
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
38All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
6724 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
83The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$1.4M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
264,922+9.5% since 2020
Households
86,704
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
319 sq. mi.
People per square mile
784
Median household income
$83,146+16.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,952
Median home value
$313,900
Jobs located here
77,563
Daytime population
212,973Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Henry County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Paulding County, GA94244.0$10.8M+12.7%#2 of 1,889
2Harris County, GA9353.8$11.4M+6.8%#7 of 1,889
3Monroe County, GA9065.7$7.1M+14.1%#15 of 1,889
4Effingham County, GA89124.9$8.3M+14.1%#21 of 1,889
5Walton County, GA85226.2$6.4M+16.0%#51 of 1,889
6Bryan County, GA8495.4$8.3M+15.6%#55 of 1,889
7Newton County, GA83266.3$5.9M+11.2%#64 of 1,889
8Jackson County, GA80238.1$5.1M+29.3%#93 of 1,889
9Haralson County, GA7965.1$7.2M+10.0%#99 of 1,889
10Barrow County, GA77216.8$5.6M+18.7%#132 of 1,889
24Henry County, GA72677.7$5.2M+9.5%#223 of 1,889

Other business types in Henry County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Henry County, GA?

As of September 2026, map listings count 67 bakeries and dessert shops in Henry County. 24 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 55.2% from 2019. 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 38 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Henry County, GA spend on food away from home?

About $345.6M a year, or $3,986 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 86,704 households in Henry County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Henry County has 7.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.2M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Henry County would have about 83, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,927 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 55.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Henry County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Henry County at 264,922 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,704 households. The median household income in Henry County is $83,146 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.6% 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. Henry County scores 72 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #223 of 1,889 scored counties.

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