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Bakeries and dessert shops in Greene County, OH

How Greene 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 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #451 of 1,889 scored counties
#18 of 82 scored counties in Ohio

Listings
55
31 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
50
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +85.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$292.2M
On food away from home · $4,287 a household
Spending per listing
$5.3M
28% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
17% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
174,322
+3.7% 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 55 bakeries and dessert shops in Greene County. 31 of them (56%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 17% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

At $4,287 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Greene County spend about $292.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 55 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.3M per shop, 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 50 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Greene County in 2023, up 85.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,363 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 list 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $150K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Greene County.

Population estimates show Greene County grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Greene County scores 63 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #451 of 1,889 scored counties and #18 of 82 scored counties in Ohio. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Greene 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 Greene County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.18.39.8
Spending per listing$5.3M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3631,7991,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+85.2%+27.8%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,287$3,829$4,070
Median household income$87,309$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score6352

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27 → 50All snack bars and retail bakeries · +85.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
755
Annual payroll, 2023
$11.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5531 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$150K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
174,322+3.7% since 2020
Households
68,166
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
414 sq. mi.
People per square mile
410
Median household income
$87,309+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$110,530
Median home value
$252,200
Jobs located here
68,123
Daytime population
167,684Residents 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 Greene 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
18Greene County, OH63558.1$5.3M+3.7%#451 of 1,889

Other business types in Greene County

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

Questions

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

Greene County has 55 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 31 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 50 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 85.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greene County, OH spend on food away from home?

About $292.2M a year, or $4,287 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 55 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 68,166 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greene County has 8.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 17% 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, Greene County would have about 71, against 55 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,363 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 85.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Greene County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 174,322 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 68,166 households. Median household income in Greene County is $87,309, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Greene County scores 63 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #451 of 1,889 scored counties.

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