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Bakeries and dessert shops in Lee County, SC
The bakeries and dessert shops in Lee County, SC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.1M
- On food away from home · $2,695 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 36% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,730
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 bakeries and dessert shops in Lee County. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $2,695 per household (34% below the U.S. average), households in Lee County spend about $17.1M a year on food away from home. Spread across 4 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.3M per shop, 3% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Lee County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Lee County from 2020 to 2025 at −5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Lee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Lee 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.
| Measure | Lee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 8.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 2,418 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,695 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $44,760 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Lee 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 Lee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,730−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,351
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $44,760+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $56,408
- Median home value
- $104,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,773
- Daytime population
- 12,067Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, SC | 87 | 55 | 5.9 | $6.7M | +18.7% | #32 of 1,889 |
| 2Kershaw County, SC | 85 | 9 | 3.3 | $10.6M | +11.6% | #44 of 1,889 |
| 3Oconee County, SC | 82 | 11 | 3.2 | $11M | +6.3% | #65 of 1,889 |
| 4Dorchester County, SC | 82 | 45 | 7.1 | $5.5M | +10.1% | #70 of 1,889 |
| 5Aiken County, SC | 81 | 44 | 6.3 | $5.8M | +7.3% | #78 of 1,889 |
| 6Lancaster County, SC | 80 | 32 | 8.0 | $4.9M | +18.3% | #94 of 1,889 |
| 7Anderson County, SC | 79 | 38 | 4.5 | $7.8M | +7.7% | #98 of 1,889 |
| 8Laurens County, SC | 78 | 5 | 1.9 | $17.1M | +6.2% | #103 of 1,889 |
| 9Lexington County, SC | 77 | 85 | 7.0 | $5.4M | +7.7% | #134 of 1,889 |
| 10Spartanburg County, SC | 74 | 82 | 6.2 | $5.6M | +15.6% | #188 of 1,889 |
| Lee County, SC | Not scored | 4 | 6.3 | $4.3M | −5.0% |
Other business types in Lee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants40
- Fast food and sandwich shops20
- Pizza26
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Lee County, SC?
Lee County has 4 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 Lee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Lee County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $17.1M a year, or $2,695 per household. That is 34% below the U.S. average (an index of 66, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 6,351 households in Lee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lee County, SC compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Lee County has 6.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 36% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending.
How fast is Lee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Lee County at 15,730 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,351 households. Median household income in Lee County is $44,760, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, 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. Lee County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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