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Bakeries and dessert shops in Fulton County, KY

How Fulton County, KY 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.8M
On food away from home · $2,652 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
46% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.8
20% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,218
−4.5% 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

At $2,652 per household (35% below the U.S. average), households in Fulton County spend about $6.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 3 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

Fulton County has 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 11.8 per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

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

Population estimates put the population change in Fulton County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Fulton County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Fulton County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.86.99.8
Spending per listing$2.3M$5M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a2,6761,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.9%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,652$3,489$4,070
Median household income$38,217$63,726$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
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Fulton 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 Fulton County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,218−4.5% since 2020
Households
2,550
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.4
Land area
206 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$38,217
Average household income
$50,776
Median home value
$79,100
Jobs located here
2,063
Daytime population
6,314Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring counties in Kentucky for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with Fulton County marked.

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY88114.8$10.5M+4.9%#26 of 1,889
2Bullitt County, KY88144.4$8.8M+5.0%#27 of 1,889
3Nelson County, KY78115.7$6.2M+4.8%#115 of 1,889
4Scott County, KY76208.8$4.6M+8.2%#153 of 1,889
5Shelby County, KY75126.5$6.1M+6.2%#169 of 1,889
6Madison County, KY75246.5$5.4M+9.4%#172 of 1,889
7Grant County, KY7355.4$6.3M+4.7%#201 of 1,889
8Jessamine County, KY71115.5$6.9M+7.8%#234 of 1,889
9Meade County, KY7176.4$5.9M+2.2%#243 of 1,889
10Kenton County, KY71537.9$5.1M+3.9%#250 of 1,889
Fulton County, KYNot scored311.8$2.3M−4.5%

Other business types in Fulton County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Fulton County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Fulton 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 Fulton County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Fulton County, KY spend on food away from home?

About $6.8M a year, or $2,652 per household. That is 35% below the U.S. average (an index of 65, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 2,550 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fulton County has 11.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 20% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Fulton County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Fulton County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 6,218 people in 2025, down 4.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,550 households. The median household income in Fulton County is $38,217 a year, 53% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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