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Bakeries and dessert shops in Chesterfield County, SC

How Chesterfield County, SC compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$52.9M
On food away from home · $3,018 a household
Spending per listing
$26.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.1
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
44,740
+3.4% 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 2 bakeries and dessert shops in Chesterfield County. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.

At $3,018 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in Chesterfield County spend about $52.9M a year on food away from home. Spread across 2 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $26.5M per shop. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Chesterfield County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Chesterfield County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Chesterfield County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Chesterfield County compares

The same measures for South 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Chesterfield County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureChesterfield CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.18.09.8
Spending per listing$26.5M$4.6M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)n/a2,4181,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.4%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,018$3,660$4,070
Median household income$49,235$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,740+3.4% since 2020
Households
17,534
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$49,235+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,908
Median home value
$116,200
Jobs located here
14,899
Daytime population
38,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across South Carolina

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

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, SC87555.9$6.7M+18.7%#32 of 1,889
2Kershaw County, SC8593.3$10.6M+11.6%#44 of 1,889
3Oconee County, SC82113.2$11M+6.3%#65 of 1,889
4Dorchester County, SC82457.1$5.5M+10.1%#70 of 1,889
5Aiken County, SC81446.3$5.8M+7.3%#78 of 1,889
6Lancaster County, SC80328.0$4.9M+18.3%#94 of 1,889
7Anderson County, SC79384.5$7.8M+7.7%#98 of 1,889
8Laurens County, SC7851.9$17.1M+6.2%#103 of 1,889
9Lexington County, SC77857.0$5.4M+7.7%#134 of 1,889
10Spartanburg County, SC74826.2$5.6M+15.6%#188 of 1,889
Chesterfield County, SCNot scored21.1$26.5M+3.4%

Other business types in Chesterfield County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Chesterfield County, SC?

Chesterfield County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Chesterfield County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chesterfield County, SC spend on food away from home?

About $52.9M a year, or $3,018 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $26.5M 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 17,534 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Chesterfield County has 2 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 13, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Chesterfield County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 44,740 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,534 households. Median household income in Chesterfield County is $49,235, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Chesterfield County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for bakeries and dessert shops · All 56 business types in Chesterfield County

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