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Bakeries and dessert shops in Oglethorpe County, GA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Oglethorpe County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.9M
On food away from home · $3,670 a household
Spending per listing
$19.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,415
+10.4% 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

Households in Oglethorpe County spend about $19.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,670 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $19.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Oglethorpe County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Oglethorpe County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Oglethorpe County grew 10.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, Oglethorpe County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureOglethorpe CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.88.69.8
Spending per listing$19.9M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a1,7231,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,670$3,917$4,070
Median household income$75,034$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,415+10.4% since 2020
Households
5,411
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
439 sq. mi.
People per square mile
35
Median household income
$75,034+59.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,105
Median home value
$231,600
Jobs located here
1,913
Daytime population
9,771Residents 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 Oglethorpe 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
Oglethorpe County, GANot scored11.8$19.9M+10.4%

Other business types in Oglethorpe County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 bakery or dessert shop in Oglethorpe County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Oglethorpe County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $19.9M a year, or $3,670 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, it comes to $19.9M 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 5,411 households in Oglethorpe County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Oglethorpe County has 1 bakery or dessert shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Oglethorpe County would have about 5, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Oglethorpe County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Oglethorpe County at 16,415 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,411 households. The median household income in Oglethorpe County is $75,034 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 59.2% 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. Oglethorpe County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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