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Bakeries and dessert shops in Franklin County, VT

How Franklin County, VT 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 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,001 of 1,889 scored counties
#3 of 12 scored counties in Vermont

Listings
19
3 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
14
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$78.1M
On food away from home · $3,913 a household
Spending per listing
$4.1M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
3% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,177
+2.3% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in Franklin County comes to about $78.1M a year: $3,913 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.

There are 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Franklin County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,426 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 $297K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Franklin County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin County grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Franklin County has a Groundwork market score of 48 (lower middle): #1,001 of 1,889 scored counties and #3 of 12 scored counties in Vermont.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Franklin County, VT compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.514.89.8
Spending per listing$4.1M$2.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4261,3341,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+13.3%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,913$4,013$4,070
Median household income$81,313$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score4826

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 14All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
105
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
193 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$297K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
51,177+2.3% since 2020
Households
19,963
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
631 sq. mi.
People per square mile
80
Median household income
$81,313+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$98,753
Median home value
$306,700
Jobs located here
17,183
Daytime population
43,124Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Vermont

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

Top counties in Vermont

Counties in Vermont ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Orleans County, VT6297.5$4.9M+0.7%#474 of 1,889
2Orange County, VT61129.4$4.2M+2.4%#525 of 1,889
3Franklin County, VT48199.5$4.1M+2.3%#1,001 of 1,889
4Windsor County, VT483112.3$3.3M−0.7%#1,013 of 1,889
5Addison County, VT402516.7$2.5M+1.8%#1,312 of 1,889
6Bennington County, VT332718.0$2.1M−1.8%#1,553 of 1,889
7Washington County, VT314617.8$2.3M−0.2%#1,603 of 1,889
8Chittenden County, VT3012517.5$2.5M+0.4%#1,626 of 1,889
9Windham County, VT272512.6$3M−1.4%#1,690 of 1,889
10Caledonia County, VT272015.3$2.4M+0.8%#1,699 of 1,889

Other business types in Franklin County

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

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Franklin County, VT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 bakeries and dessert shops in Franklin County. 3 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 14 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 Franklin County, VT spend on food away from home?

About $78.1M a year, or $3,913 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 19,963 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Franklin County has 9.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.1M, in line with 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,426 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, VT growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 51,177 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,963 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $81,313 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Franklin County scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,001 of 1,889 scored counties.

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