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Bakeries and dessert shops in Windsor County, VT
The bakeries and dessert shops in Windsor County, VT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,013 of 1,889 scored counties
#4 of 12 scored counties in Vermont
- Listings
- 31
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $101.4M
- On food away from home · $4,009 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 57,312
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 31 bakeries and dessert shops in Windsor County. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
At $4,009 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Windsor County spend about $101.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 31 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.3M per shop, 21% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Windsor County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 2,810 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, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $295K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Windsor County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Windsor County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Windsor County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,013 of 1,889 scored counties and #4 of 12 scored counties in Vermont.
How Windsor 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.
| Measure | Windsor County | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 14.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,810 | 1,334 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,009 | $4,013 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $77,594 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 26 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 9All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $295K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Windsor 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 Windsor County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 57,312−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 25,293
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 969 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $77,594+27.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,025
- Median home value
- $296,400
- Jobs located here
- 27,956
- Daytime population
- 59,345Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Vermont market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Vermont for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Vermont, with Windsor County marked.
Top counties in Vermont
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orleans County, VT | 62 | 9 | 7.5 | $4.9M | +0.7% | #474 of 1,889 |
| 2Orange County, VT | 61 | 12 | 9.4 | $4.2M | +2.4% | #525 of 1,889 |
| 3Franklin County, VT | 48 | 19 | 9.5 | $4.1M | +2.3% | #1,001 of 1,889 |
| 4Windsor County, VT | 48 | 31 | 12.3 | $3.3M | −0.7% | #1,013 of 1,889 |
| 5Addison County, VT | 40 | 25 | 16.7 | $2.5M | +1.8% | #1,312 of 1,889 |
| 6Bennington County, VT | 33 | 27 | 18.0 | $2.1M | −1.8% | #1,553 of 1,889 |
| 7Washington County, VT | 31 | 46 | 17.8 | $2.3M | −0.2% | #1,603 of 1,889 |
| 8Chittenden County, VT | 30 | 125 | 17.5 | $2.5M | +0.4% | #1,626 of 1,889 |
| 9Windham County, VT | 27 | 25 | 12.6 | $3M | −1.4% | #1,690 of 1,889 |
| 10Caledonia County, VT | 27 | 20 | 15.3 | $2.4M | +0.8% | #1,699 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Windsor County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants43
- Fast food and sandwich shops67
- Pizza64
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Windsor County, VT?
Windsor County has 31 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 9 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.
How much do households in Windsor County, VT spend on food away from home?
About $101.4M a year, or $4,009 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 25,293 households in Windsor County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Windsor County, VT compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Windsor County has 12.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.3M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Windsor County would have about 25, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,810 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Windsor County, VT growing?
Population estimates put Windsor County at 57,312 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,293 households. Median household income in Windsor County is $77,594, 4% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.2%, 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. Windsor County scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,013 of 1,889 scored counties.
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