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Bakeries and dessert shops in Paulding County, GA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Paulding County, GA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 94 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #2 of 1,889 scored counties
#1 of 77 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 24
- 9 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $258.8M
- On food away from home · $4,313 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.8M
- 2.6 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.0
- 59% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 190,996
- +12.7% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Paulding County has a Groundwork market score of 94 (very high): #2 of 1,889 scored counties and #1 of 77 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for bakeries and dessert shops.
Household spending on food away from home in Paulding County comes to about $258.8M a year: $4,313 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $10.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 24 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Paulding County as of September 2026. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 38%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.0, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Paulding County in 2023. That is one for every 3,530 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $720K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Paulding County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Paulding County grew 12.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Paulding 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 | Paulding County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.0 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $10.8M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 3,530 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,313 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $98,031 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 94 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 17All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 266
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 249 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $720K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Paulding 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 Paulding County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 190,996+12.7% since 2020
- Households
- 60,008
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 312 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 573
- Median household income
- $98,031+43.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,444
- Median home value
- $326,300
- Jobs located here
- 29,361
- Daytime population
- 119,651Residents 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 Paulding 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 |
Other business types in Paulding County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes92
- Sit-down restaurants91
- Fast food and sandwich shops85
- Pizza88
- Coffee shops and cafes93
- Bakeries and dessert shops94
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Paulding County, GA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 bakeries and dessert shops in Paulding County. 9 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 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. Another 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Paulding County, GA spend on food away from home?
About $258.8M a year, or $4,313 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $10.8M 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 60,008 households in Paulding County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Paulding County, GA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Paulding County has 4.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 59% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $10.8M, 2.6 times the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Paulding County would have about 63, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,530 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Paulding County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Paulding County at 190,996 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,008 households. The median household income in Paulding County is $98,031 a year, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.4% 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. Paulding County scores 94 for bakeries and dessert shops (very high), #2 of 1,889 scored counties.
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