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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area

How the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #254 of 507 scored small-town markets
#1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York

Listings
27
8 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
20
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$142.9M
On food away from home · $3,431 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
28% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.5
34% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
105,488
−2.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 27 bakeries and dessert shops in the Massena-Ogdensburg area. Chain locations make up 30% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.5, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $3,431 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Massena-Ogdensburg area spend about $142.9M a year on food away from home. That is about $5.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 28% 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.

Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Massena-Ogdensburg area in 2023. That is one for every 2,083 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $189K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Massena-Ogdensburg area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Massena-Ogdensburg area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For bakeries and dessert shops, the Massena-Ogdensburg area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #254 of 507 scored small-town markets and #1 of 14 scored small-town markets based in New York.

How the Massena-Ogdensburg area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureMassena-Ogdensburg areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.511.79.8
Spending per listing$5.3M$3.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,0839551,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.5%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.5%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,431$4,270$4,070
Median household income$62,850$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score5026

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
140
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
278 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$189K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Massena-Ogdensburg 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 Massena-Ogdensburg area

Population, 2025 estimate
105,488−2.5% since 2020
Households
41,666
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,680 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$62,850
Average household income
$82,668
Median home value
$121,900
Jobs located here
32,561
Daytime population
102,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across New York

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New York for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in New York, with the Massena-Ogdensburg area marked.

Top small-town markets in New York

Small-town markets in New York ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Massena-Ogdensburg, NY50276.5$5.3M−2.5%#254 of 507
2Batavia, NY47249.6$3.8M+0.2%#285 of 507
3Gloversville, NY44177.4$4.7M−1.6%#310 of 507
4Hudson, NY442710.1$4.1M−2.1%#315 of 507
5Amsterdam, NY42199.7$3.6M+1.1%#336 of 507
6Oneonta, NY423213.8$2.6M+3.8%#342 of 507
7Seneca Falls, NY411410.3$3.4M−1.7%#352 of 507
8Corning, NY39379.4$3.8M−1.6%#368 of 507
9Monticello, NY385015.9$2.4M+2.7%#384 of 507
10Auburn, NY34309.5$3.8M−2.3%#415 of 507

Other business types in the Massena-Ogdensburg area

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area?

The Massena-Ogdensburg area has 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 20 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. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

How much do households in the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area spend on food away from home?

About $142.9M a year, or $3,431 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 41,666 households in the Massena-Ogdensburg area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Massena-Ogdensburg area has 6.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.3M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Massena-Ogdensburg area would have about 35, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,083 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Massena-Ogdensburg, NY area growing?

Population estimates put the Massena-Ogdensburg area at 105,488 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,666 households. Median household income in the Massena-Ogdensburg area is $62,850, 22% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Massena-Ogdensburg area scores 50 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #254 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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