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Bakeries and dessert shops in Toombs County, GA

How Toombs 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
9
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$32.3M
On food away from home · $3,102 a household
Spending per listing
$8.1M
95% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.8
61% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
27,545
+1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Toombs County. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Toombs County comes to about $32.3M a year: $3,102 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $8.1M per shop, 95% above 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 Toombs County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,157 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show Toombs County grew 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Toombs County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Toombs 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 Toombs County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureToombs CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.88.69.8
Spending per listing$8.1M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,1571,7231,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+46.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,102$3,917$4,070
Median household income$52,621$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
113
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Toombs 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 Toombs County

Population, 2025 estimate
27,545+1.7% since 2020
Households
10,409
Median age
37.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
364 sq. mi.
People per square mile
74
Median household income
$52,621+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,602
Median home value
$137,000
Jobs located here
12,461
Daytime population
29,360Residents 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 Toombs 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
Toombs County, GANot scored43.8$8.1M+1.7%

Other business types in Toombs County

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

Questions

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

There are 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Toombs County as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $32.3M a year, or $3,102 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $8.1M 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 10,409 households in Toombs County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Toombs County has 3.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 61% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $8.1M, 95% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Toombs County would have about 8, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,157 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Toombs County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Toombs County at 27,545 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,409 households. Median household income in Toombs County is $52,621, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. Toombs County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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