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Bakeries and dessert shops in Richland County, OH
How Richland 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 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,354 of 1,889 scored counties
#64 of 82 scored counties 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
At $3,362 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Richland County spend about $168.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Richland County has 40 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.0, 18% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Richland County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,566 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $265K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Richland County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Richland County declined 0.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Richland County is 38 (lower middle), #1,354 of 1,889 scored counties and #64 of 82 scored counties in Ohio.
How Richland 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.
| Measure | Richland County | 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 | 38 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 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 Richland 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 Richland County
- 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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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Union County, OH | 86 | 19 | 7.8 | $6.1M | +16.5% | #39 of 1,889 |
| 2Pickaway County, OH | 80 | 13 | 5.9 | $6.5M | +7.4% | #88 of 1,889 |
| 3Clermont County, OH | 79 | 60 | 7.1 | $5.9M | +3.9% | #102 of 1,889 |
| 4Warren County, OH | 78 | 67 | 7.3 | $6.7M | +5.7% | #112 of 1,889 |
| 5Fairfield County, OH | 78 | 44 | 7.3 | $5.9M | +6.5% | #116 of 1,889 |
| 6Madison County, OH | 78 | 14 | 8.9 | $4.6M | +7.1% | #121 of 1,889 |
| 7Morrow County, OH | 76 | 10 | 7.4 | $5.2M | +3.7% | #150 of 1,889 |
| 8Perry County, OH | 74 | 6 | 4.5 | $8.1M | +1.3% | #177 of 1,889 |
| 9Clinton County, OH | 73 | 8 | 4.8 | $7.7M | +0.6% | #198 of 1,889 |
| 10Brown County, OH | 72 | 5 | 2.9 | $12.4M | +1.6% | #213 of 1,889 |
| 64Richland County, OH | 38 | 40 | 8.0 | $4.2M | −0.1% | #1,354 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Richland County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes47
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Child care
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Richland County, OH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 40 bakeries and dessert shops in Richland County. 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. 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Richland County, OH 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. 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 50,111 households in Richland County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Richland County, OH compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Richland County 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 U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Richland County 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 Richland County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Richland County at 124,893 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 50,111 households. The median household income in Richland County is $59,509 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.1% 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. Richland County scores 38 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,354 of 1,889 scored counties.
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