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Bakeries and dessert shops in Queen Anne’s County, MD
How Queen Anne’s County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #212 of 1,889 scored counties
#6 of 24 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 20
- 9 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $95.5M
- On food away from home · $4,796 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.0
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,448
- +8.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 bakeries and dessert shops in Queen Anne’s County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 45%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.0, 2% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $4,796 per household (18% above the U.S. average), households in Queen Anne’s County spend about $95.5M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.8M per shop, 15% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Queen Anne’s County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,991 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.
Population estimates show Queen Anne’s County grew 8.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Queen Anne’s County has a Groundwork market score of 73 (upper middle): #212 of 1,889 scored counties and #6 of 24 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Queen Anne’s County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Queen Anne’s County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.8M | $4.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,991 | 1,938 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.8% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,796 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $112,826 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 10All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 109
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 209 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 23The 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 Queen Anne’s 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 Queen Anne’s County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,448+8.8% since 2020
- Households
- 19,907
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 372 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 139
- Median household income
- $112,826+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $141,291
- Median home value
- $462,700
- Jobs located here
- 15,070
- Daytime population
- 42,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Queen Anne’s County marked.
Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charles County, MD | 85 | 46 | 7.6 | $6.6M | +5.9% | #50 of 1,889 |
| 2Calvert County, MD | 83 | 26 | 7.8 | $6.8M | +1.7% | #62 of 1,889 |
| 3Cecil County, MD | 80 | 30 | 7.4 | $5.7M | +3.2% | #92 of 1,889 |
| 4Prince George’s County, MD | 78 | 231 | 6.6 | $6.8M | +0.5% | #110 of 1,889 |
| 5St. Mary’s County, MD | 77 | 28 | 6.6 | $7.5M | +2.4% | #126 of 1,889 |
| 6Queen Anne’s County, MD | 73 | 20 | 10.0 | $4.8M | +8.8% | #212 of 1,889 |
| 7Frederick County, MD | 72 | 118 | 11.3 | $4.5M | +11.0% | #227 of 1,889 |
| 8Dorchester County, MD | 71 | 7 | 5.2 | $6.7M | +3.4% | #236 of 1,889 |
| 9Montgomery County, MD | 69 | 331 | 8.5 | $6.2M | +1.3% | #288 of 1,889 |
| 10Carroll County, MD | 69 | 65 | 10.1 | $4.9M | +2.2% | #302 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Queen Anne’s County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes76
- Sit-down restaurants78
- Fast food and sandwich shops78
- Pizza71
- Coffee shops and cafes74
- Bakeries and dessert shops73
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Queen Anne’s County, MD?
There are 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Queen Anne’s County as of September 2026. 9 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 10 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.
How much do households in Queen Anne’s County, MD spend on food away from home?
About $95.5M a year, or $4,796 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 19,907 households in Queen Anne’s County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Queen Anne’s County, MD compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Queen Anne’s County has 10.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Queen Anne’s County would have about 23, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,991 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Queen Anne’s County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Queen Anne’s County at 54,448 people in 2025, up 8.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,907 households. Median household income in Queen Anne’s County is $112,826, 40% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Queen Anne’s County scores 73 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #212 of 1,889 scored counties.
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