Food and drink · Metro area · Maryland
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Salisbury, MD metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Salisbury, MD metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #219 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland
- Listings
- 55
- 23 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $181.2M
- On food away from home · $3,713 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.3
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 131,872
- +2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Salisbury metro area spend about $181.2M a year on food away from home, or $3,713 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 20% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 55 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Salisbury metro area as of September 2026. 23 of them (42%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 11.3 per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in the Salisbury metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,712 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Salisbury metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Salisbury metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Salisbury metro area has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #219 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 4 scored metro areas based in Maryland.
How the Salisbury metro area 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 | Salisbury metro area | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.3 | 9.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $4.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,712 | 1,938 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.9% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,713 | $4,604 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $73,802 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 228
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5523 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 44The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Salisbury 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 Salisbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 131,872+2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,818
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 694 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 187
- Median household income
- $73,802
- Average household income
- $94,881
- Median home value
- $241,200
- Jobs located here
- 49,837
- Daytime population
- 123,772Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Maryland for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Maryland (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Salisbury metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lexington Park, MD | 84 | 54 | 7.1 | $7.1M | +2.1% | #2 of 387 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 75 | 2,192 | 9.2 | $5.6M | +3.3% | #17 of 387 |
| 2Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 62 | 1,072 | 9.6 | $4.7M | +0.4% | #100 of 387 |
| 3Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 60 | 123 | 10.4 | $3.7M | +7.1% | #123 of 387 |
| 4Salisbury, MD | 48 | 55 | 11.3 | $3.3M | +2.9% | #219 of 387 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 45 | 2,711 | 11.0 | $4M | +1.4% | #247 of 387 |
Other business types in the Salisbury metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes65
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Salisbury, MD metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 55 bakeries and dessert shops in the Salisbury metro area. 23 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too.
How much do households in the Salisbury, MD metro area spend on food away from home?
About $181.2M a year, or $3,713 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 48,818 households in the Salisbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salisbury, MD metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Salisbury metro area has 11.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Salisbury metro area would have about 44, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,712 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Salisbury, MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Salisbury metro area at 131,872 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 48,818 households. The median household income in the Salisbury metro area is $73,802 a year, 9% 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 Salisbury metro area scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #219 of 387 scored metro areas.
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