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Bakeries and dessert shops in Fulton County, OH

How Fulton County, OH 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #928 of 1,889 scored counties
#43 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
15
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$65.3M
On food away from home · $3,843 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
41,853
−1.9% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 bakeries and dessert shops in Fulton County. None of them are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 10% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Fulton County comes to about $65.3M a year: $3,843 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 15 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.4M per shop, 5% 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 8 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Fulton County in 2023. That is one for every 2,123 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.

Population estimates show Fulton County declined 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Fulton County is 50 (upper middle), #928 of 1,889 scored counties and #43 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.

How Fulton County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Fulton County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureFulton CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.88.39.8
Spending per listing$4.4M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)2,1231,7991,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.9%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,843$3,829$4,070
Median household income$72,864$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5052

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 8All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$946K
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
150 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
41,853−1.9% since 2020
Households
16,986
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
406 sq. mi.
People per square mile
104
Median household income
$72,864+15.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,613
Median home value
$191,000
Jobs located here
17,586
Daytime population
39,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Ohio

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

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Union County, OH86197.8$6.1M+16.5%#39 of 1,889
2Pickaway County, OH80135.9$6.5M+7.4%#88 of 1,889
3Clermont County, OH79607.1$5.9M+3.9%#102 of 1,889
4Warren County, OH78677.3$6.7M+5.7%#112 of 1,889
5Fairfield County, OH78447.3$5.9M+6.5%#116 of 1,889
6Madison County, OH78148.9$4.6M+7.1%#121 of 1,889
7Morrow County, OH76107.4$5.2M+3.7%#150 of 1,889
8Perry County, OH7464.5$8.1M+1.3%#177 of 1,889
9Clinton County, OH7384.8$7.7M+0.6%#198 of 1,889
10Brown County, OH7252.9$12.4M+1.6%#213 of 1,889
43Fulton County, OH50158.8$4.4M−1.9%#928 of 1,889

Other business types in Fulton County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Fulton County, OH?

There are 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Fulton County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 8 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 Fulton County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $65.3M a year, or $3,843 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 16,986 households in Fulton County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fulton County has 8.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.4M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Fulton County would have about 16, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,123 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Fulton County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Fulton County at 41,853 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,986 households. Median household income in Fulton County is $72,864, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.5%, 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. Fulton County scores 50 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #928 of 1,889 scored counties.

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