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Bakeries and dessert shops in Orange County, NY
How Orange County, NY 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,271 of 1,889 scored counties
#26 of 61 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 195
- 70 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 153
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +25.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $614.5M
- On food away from home · $4,434 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 417,669
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Orange County spend about $614.5M a year on food away from home, or $4,434 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. Spread across 195 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.2M per shop, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Orange County has 195 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 70 are chain locations, or 36%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 153 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Orange County in 2023, up 25.4% from 2019. That is one for every 906 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. Official counts list 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $438K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Orange County.
Population estimates put the population change in Orange County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Orange County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,271 of 1,889 scored counties and #26 of 61 scored counties in New York.
How Orange County 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.
| Measure | Orange County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 906 | 955 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +25.4% | +16.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,434 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $97,178 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 122 → 153All snack bars and retail bakeries · +25.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,348
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $37.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19570 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 148The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $438K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Orange 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 Orange County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 417,669+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 138,608
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 812 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 501
- Median household income
- $97,178+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,076
- Median home value
- $387,900
- Jobs located here
- 147,445
- Daytime population
- 375,981Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 66 | 78 | 7.7 | $5.9M | +2.3% | #362 of 1,889 |
| 2Wayne County, NY | 66 | 24 | 6.2 | $5.9M | +0.1% | #364 of 1,889 |
| 3Schenectady County, NY | 65 | 47 | 7.0 | $5.7M | +3.0% | #387 of 1,889 |
| 4Putnam County, NY | 58 | 39 | 11.0 | $4.6M | +1.4% | #620 of 1,889 |
| 5Tioga County, NY | 56 | 15 | 7.4 | $5.1M | −1.9% | #691 of 1,889 |
| 6Wyoming County, NY | 55 | 13 | 7.9 | $4.5M | −1.3% | #745 of 1,889 |
| 7Rockland County, NY | 51 | 128 | 12.3 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #905 of 1,889 |
| 8Richmond County, NY | 50 | 171 | 10.0 | $4.5M | +1.3% | #926 of 1,889 |
| 9Albany County, NY | 50 | 126 | 9.4 | $4.4M | +2.2% | #927 of 1,889 |
| 10Lewis County, NY | 50 | 9 | 8.1 | $4.3M | −0.3% | #930 of 1,889 |
| 26Orange County, NY | 41 | 195 | 14.1 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #1,271 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Orange County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza54
- Coffee shops and cafes57
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Orange County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 195 bakeries and dessert shops in Orange County. 70 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 153 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 25.4% from 2019. 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 15 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Orange County, NY spend on food away from home?
About $614.5M a year, or $4,434 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 195 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 138,608 households in Orange County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Orange County, NY compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Orange County has 14.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Orange County would have about 148, against 195 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 906 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Orange County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Orange County at 417,669 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,608 households. The median household income in Orange County is $97,178 a year, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Orange County scores 41 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,271 of 1,889 scored counties.
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