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Bakeries and dessert shops in Currituck County, NC
How Currituck County, NC 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,340 of 1,889 scored counties
#68 of 78 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 24
- 9 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $51.1M
- On food away from home · $4,313 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.3
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,158
- +16.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 bakeries and dessert shops in Currituck County. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.3, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $4,313 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Currituck County spend about $51.1M a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 49% below 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 16 businesses with payroll in Currituck County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 740 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $500K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Currituck County.
Population estimates show Currituck County grew 16.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Currituck County is 39 (lower middle), #1,340 of 1,889 scored counties and #68 of 78 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Currituck County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Currituck County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.3 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 740 | 1,703 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +42.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,313 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $93,511 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 16All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 249 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $500K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Currituck 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 Currituck County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,158+16.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,845
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 262 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 117
- Median household income
- $93,511+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,114
- Median home value
- $378,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,011
- Daytime population
- 23,934Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Currituck County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 96 | 16 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +11.0% | #1 of 1,889 |
| 2Franklin County, NC | 90 | 10 | 3.5 | $10.4M | +18.8% | #13 of 1,889 |
| 3Lincoln County, NC | 87 | 21 | 5.7 | $7M | +13.2% | #31 of 1,889 |
| 4Davie County, NC | 86 | 10 | 5.8 | $6.6M | +6.9% | #38 of 1,889 |
| 5Harnett County, NC | 85 | 25 | 5.0 | $7.2M | +12.3% | #48 of 1,889 |
| 6Hoke County, NC | 83 | 8 | 4.2 | $8.4M | +9.0% | #59 of 1,889 |
| 7Person County, NC | 80 | 5 | 3.1 | $11.2M | +3.7% | #83 of 1,889 |
| 8Johnston County, NC | 79 | 56 | 6.5 | $6M | +17.9% | #101 of 1,889 |
| 9Davidson County, NC | 77 | 39 | 5.6 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #129 of 1,889 |
| 10Granville County, NC | 75 | 12 | 5.3 | $6.9M | +2.1% | #163 of 1,889 |
| 68Currituck County, NC | 39 | 24 | 20.3 | $2.1M | +16.7% | #1,340 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Currituck County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Currituck County, NC?
There are 24 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Currituck County as of September 2026. 9 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 16 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 Currituck County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $51.1M a year, or $4,313 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 11,845 households in Currituck County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Currituck County, NC compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Currituck County has 20.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Currituck County would have about 12, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 740 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Currituck County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Currituck County at 33,158 people in 2025, up 16.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,845 households. Median household income in Currituck County is $93,511, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Currituck County scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,340 of 1,889 scored counties.
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