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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Mansfield, OH metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Mansfield, OH metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #315 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio
- Listings
- 40
- 12 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $168.5M
- On food away from home · $3,362 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 124,893
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, the Mansfield metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #315 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 40 bakeries and dessert shops in the Mansfield metro area. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 30%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in the Mansfield metro area spend about $168.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,362 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 40 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.2M per shop, 2% 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 32 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Mansfield metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,566 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 $265K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Mansfield metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Mansfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Mansfield metro area 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.
| Measure | Mansfield metro area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 8.3 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,566 | 1,799 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.8% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,362 | $3,829 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $59,509 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 32All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 300
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4012 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $265K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Mansfield metro 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 Mansfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 124,893−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 50,111
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 495 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $59,509+20.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,578
- Median home value
- $164,800
- Jobs located here
- 47,696
- Daytime population
- 122,740Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Mansfield metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, OH | 74 | 683 | 7.9 | $5.3M | +4.7% | #20 of 387 |
| 2Springfield, OH | 65 | 28 | 5.0 | $7M | −0.4% | #70 of 387 |
| 3Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 64 | 781 | 8.6 | $4.8M | +2.7% | #82 of 387 |
| 4Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 59 | 271 | 7.9 | $4.8M | +1.5% | #129 of 387 |
| 5Akron, OH | 54 | 240 | 8.1 | $4.8M | 0.0% | #161 of 387 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 52 | 102 | 6.7 | $5M | −2.6% | #181 of 387 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | 51 | 33 | 6.6 | $5M | −3.6% | #188 of 387 |
| 6Toledo, OH | 48 | 197 | 7.7 | $4.7M | −1.0% | #209 of 387 |
| 7Cleveland, OH | 47 | 818 | 8.8 | $4.4M | −0.8% | #223 of 387 |
| 8Canton-Massillon, OH | 38 | 149 | 8.9 | $4.1M | −0.2% | #293 of 387 |
| 9Mansfield, OH | 34 | 40 | 8.0 | $4.2M | −0.1% | #315 of 387 |
Other business types in the Mansfield metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants59
- Fast food and sandwich shops34
- Pizza28
- Coffee shops and cafes44
- Bakeries and dessert shops34
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Mansfield, OH metro area?
The Mansfield metro area has 40 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 32 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Mansfield, OH metro area spend on food away from home?
About $168.5M a year, or $3,362 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 40 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 50,111 households in the Mansfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mansfield, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Mansfield metro area has 8.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Mansfield metro area would have about 41, against 40 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,566 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Mansfield, OH metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Mansfield metro area at 124,893 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,111 households. Median household income in the Mansfield metro area is $59,509, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.1%, 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. The Mansfield metro area scores 34 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #315 of 387 scored metro areas.
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