Food and drink · Metro area · Georgia
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Savannah, GA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Savannah, GA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #228 of 387 scored metro areas
#14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 173
- 67 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 115
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +50.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $620.8M
- On food away from home · $3,849 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 438,314
- +8.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 173 bakeries and dessert shops in the Savannah metro area. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Savannah metro area comes to about $620.8M a year: $3,849 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Savannah metro area was 115 in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,402 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. 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 also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Savannah metro area.
Population estimates show the Savannah metro area grew 8.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Savannah metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #228 of 387 scored metro areas and #14 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Savannah 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 | Savannah metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 8.6 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,402 | 1,723 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +50.0% | +46.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.1% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,849 | $3,917 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,180 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 62 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 115All snack bars and retail bakeries · +50.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,419
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17367 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 150The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Savannah 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 Savannah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 438,314+8.1% since 2020
- Households
- 161,273
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,349 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 310
- Median household income
- $77,180+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,786
- Median home value
- $302,000
- Jobs located here
- 189,059
- Daytime population
- 431,545Residents 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 Savannah 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 |
| 14Savannah, GA | 47 | 173 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +8.1% | #228 of 387 |
Other business types in the Savannah metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants32
- Fast food and sandwich shops35
- Pizza35
- Coffee shops and cafes51
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Savannah, GA metro area?
The Savannah metro area has 173 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 67 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 115 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 50.0% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Savannah, GA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $620.8M a year, or $3,849 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 173 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 161,273 households in the Savannah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Savannah, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Savannah metro area has 10.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Savannah metro area would have about 150, against 173 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,402 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 50.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Savannah, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Savannah metro area at 438,314 people in 2025, up 8.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 161,273 households. Median household income in the Savannah metro area is $77,180, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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 Savannah metro area scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #228 of 387 scored metro areas.
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