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Bakeries and dessert shops in Cumberland County, ME
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Cumberland County, ME, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,336 of 1,889 scored counties
#5 of 16 scored counties in Maine
- Listings
- 199
- 39 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 179
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +20.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $583.3M
- On food away from home · $4,413 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.1
- 54% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 317,222
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 199 bakeries and dessert shops in Cumberland County. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 15.1 per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Cumberland County spend about $583.3M a year on food away from home, or $4,413 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. Spread across 199 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.9M per shop, 29% 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 Cumberland County was 179 in 2023, up 20.1% from 2019. That is one for every 738 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 9 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $3.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Cumberland County.
Population estimates show Cumberland County grew 4.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Cumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,336 of 1,889 scored counties and #5 of 16 scored counties in Maine.
How Cumberland County compares
The same measures for Maine 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 | Cumberland County | Maine | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.1 | 13.4 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 738 | 963 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +20.1% | +19.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +3.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,413 | $3,835 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,677 | $74,733 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 149 → 179All snack bars and retail bakeries · +20.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,977
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 9All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19939 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 141The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $3.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 317,222+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 132,168
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 836 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 369
- Median household income
- $95,677+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,060
- Median home value
- $451,200
- Jobs located here
- 199,197
- Daytime population
- 355,731Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maine
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sagadahoc County, ME | 69 | 11 | 6.7 | $6M | +3.4% | #290 of 1,889 |
| 2Penobscot County, ME | 43 | 57 | 8.7 | $4.1M | +3.8% | #1,178 of 1,889 |
| 3Androscoggin County, ME | 40 | 46 | 9.8 | $3.6M | +4.8% | #1,301 of 1,889 |
| 4Piscataquis County, ME | 39 | 9 | 10.7 | $3.1M | +3.5% | #1,334 of 1,889 |
| 5Cumberland County, ME | 39 | 199 | 15.1 | $2.9M | +4.5% | #1,336 of 1,889 |
| 6Washington County, ME | 37 | 20 | 14.1 | $2.3M | +0.8% | #1,420 of 1,889 |
| 7York County, ME | 36 | 149 | 16.3 | $2.5M | +4.8% | #1,452 of 1,889 |
| 8Kennebec County, ME | 34 | 58 | 10.7 | $3.4M | +3.5% | #1,511 of 1,889 |
| 9Aroostook County, ME | 32 | 27 | 9.0 | $3.6M | −0.7% | #1,558 of 1,889 |
| 10Waldo County, ME | 32 | 24 | 13.7 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #1,573 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Cumberland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes40
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Cumberland County, ME?
There are 199 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Cumberland County as of September 2026. 39 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 179 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 20.1% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 9 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Cumberland County, ME spend on food away from home?
About $583.3M a year, or $4,413 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 199 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 132,168 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cumberland County, ME compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Cumberland County has 15.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 54% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 141, against 199 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 738 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 20.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Cumberland County, ME growing?
Population estimates put Cumberland County at 317,222 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 132,168 households. Median household income in Cumberland County is $95,677, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Cumberland County scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,336 of 1,889 scored counties.
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