Food and drink · Metro area · Georgia
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Rome, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Rome, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #149 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 27
- 10 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $129.6M
- On food away from home · $3,515 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.3
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 101,378
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Rome metro area comes to about $129.6M a year: $3,515 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
The Rome metro area has 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 7.3 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Rome metro area was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 1,940 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 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Rome metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Rome metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Rome metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #149 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Rome metro area 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 | Rome metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.3 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,940 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,515 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,565 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 281
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2710 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Rome metro area, 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 the Rome metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 101,378+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 36,856
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 510 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 196
- Median household income
- $65,565+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,695
- Median home value
- $217,900
- Jobs located here
- 43,876
- Daytime population
- 99,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Rome metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hinesville, GA | 79 | 13 | 4.3 | $7.6M | +12.6% | #6 of 387 |
| 2Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 70 | 164 | 7.1 | $5.2M | +4.7% | #40 of 387 |
| 3Macon-Bibb County, GA | 66 | 54 | 6.1 | $5.6M | +2.1% | #65 of 387 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 65 | 177 | 7.7 | $4.9M | +5.3% | #73 of 387 |
| 4Gainesville, GA | 64 | 64 | 8.7 | $4.6M | +11.4% | #84 of 387 |
| 5Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 61 | 2,220 | 9.6 | $4.4M | +5.9% | #108 of 387 |
| 6Warner Robins, GA | 60 | 67 | 9.0 | $4.2M | +8.2% | #122 of 387 |
| 7Columbus, GA-AL | 57 | 74 | 5.8 | $5.8M | −1.3% | #136 of 387 |
| 8Rome, GA | 56 | 27 | 7.3 | $4.8M | +2.8% | #149 of 387 |
| 9Valdosta, GA | 54 | 38 | 6.7 | $4.8M | +3.3% | #160 of 387 |
Other business types in the Rome metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops22
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes63
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Rome, GA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 bakeries and dessert shops in the Rome metro area. 10 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 19 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 6 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Rome, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $129.6M a year, or $3,515 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 36,856 households in the Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Rome, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Rome metro area has 7.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.8M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Rome metro area would have about 31, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,940 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Rome, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Rome metro area at 101,378 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,856 households. The median household income in the Rome metro area is $65,565 a year, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. The Rome metro area scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #149 of 387 scored metro areas.
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