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Bakeries and dessert shops in Cheshire County, NH

How Cheshire County, NH 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,454 of 1,889 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
49
13 chain locations (27%)
Official establishments
22
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$123.1M
On food away from home · $4,020 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
39% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.0
63% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
78,269
+2.3% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Cheshire County is 36 (lower middle), #1,454 of 1,889 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $4,020 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Cheshire County spend about $123.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 49 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.5M per shop, 39% 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 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Cheshire County as of September 2026. 13 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 16.0 per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in Cheshire County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,392 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 $25K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Cheshire County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cheshire County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cheshire County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Cheshire County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureCheshire CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.014.29.8
Spending per listing$2.5M$3.2M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3929801,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.3%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,020$4,493$4,070
Median household income$83,329$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score3634

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 22All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
212
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
4913 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Cheshire 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 Cheshire County

Population, 2025 estimate
78,269+2.3% since 2020
Households
30,620
Median age
44.4
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
109
Median household income
$83,329+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,430
Median home value
$280,100
Jobs located here
32,125
Daytime population
72,018Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across New Hampshire

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

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sullivan County, NH511810.8$3.6M+2.1%#907 of 1,889
2Merrimack County, NH506210.2$4.3M+2.6%#929 of 1,889
3Hillsborough County, NH4621212.6$3.7M+2.5%#1,087 of 1,889
4Strafford County, NH446011.5$3.7M+3.0%#1,155 of 1,889
5Rockingham County, NH4020115.8$3.1M+3.0%#1,308 of 1,889
6Belknap County, NH363613.7$3.1M+2.1%#1,446 of 1,889
7Cheshire County, NH364916.0$2.5M+2.3%#1,454 of 1,889
8Coos County, NH361913.6$2.4M+0.4%#1,455 of 1,889
9Carroll County, NH326529.8$1.4M+5.0%#1,577 of 1,889
10Grafton County, NH307018.9$2.2M+2.2%#1,627 of 1,889

Other business types in Cheshire County

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Cheshire County, NH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 49 bakeries and dessert shops in Cheshire County. 13 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 22 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 Cheshire County, NH spend on food away from home?

About $123.1M a year, or $4,020 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 30,620 households in Cheshire County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cheshire County has 16.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 39% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Cheshire County would have about 30, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,392 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Cheshire County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Cheshire County at 78,269 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,620 households. The median household income in Cheshire County is $83,329 a year, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Cheshire County scores 36 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,454 of 1,889 scored counties.

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