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Bakeries and dessert shops in Appomattox County, VA
How Appomattox County, VA 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $22.5M
- On food away from home · $3,384 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.5M
- 81% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 54% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 17,172
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Appomattox County. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Appomattox County spend about $22.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,384 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 81% 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 Appomattox County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Appomattox County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Appomattox County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Appomattox County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Appomattox County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.5M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | n/a | 2,020 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.9% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,384 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,853 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 80 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Appomattox 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 Appomattox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 17,172+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,639
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 334 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $62,853+7.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,243
- Median home value
- $207,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,433
- Daytime population
- 12,379Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1New Kent County, VA | 94 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #3 of 1,889 |
| 2Stafford County, VA | 94 | 34 | 6.5 | $8.2M | +8.3% | #4 of 1,889 |
| 3Orange County, VA | 91 | 9 | 6.1 | $7.1M | +10.1% | #12 of 1,889 |
| 4Isle of Wight County, VA | 90 | 9 | 5.7 | $7.4M | +6.7% | #14 of 1,889 |
| 5Chesterfield County, VA | 90 | 90 | 6.4 | $7M | +8.7% | #16 of 1,889 |
| 6Louisa County, VA | 89 | 9 | 5.8 | $7M | +13.6% | #23 of 1,889 |
| 7Spotsylvania County, VA | 89 | 37 | 7.1 | $6.7M | +10.5% | #24 of 1,889 |
| 8Suffolk city, VA | 88 | 26 | 6.9 | $6.1M | +10.4% | #28 of 1,889 |
| 9Fluvanna County, VA | 87 | 5 | 4.8 | $8.9M | +6.2% | #29 of 1,889 |
| 10Frederick County, VA | 86 | 28 | 7.9 | $5.6M | +8.8% | #40 of 1,889 |
| Appomattox County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 4.5 | $7.5M | +6.3% |
Other business types in Appomattox County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes80
- Sit-down restaurants79
- Fast food and sandwich shops64
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Appomattox County, VA?
Appomattox County has 3 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 Appomattox County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Appomattox County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $22.5M a year, or $3,384 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.5M 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 6,639 households in Appomattox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Appomattox County, VA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Appomattox County has 4.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.5M, 81% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Appomattox County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Appomattox County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Appomattox County at 17,172 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,639 households. Median household income in Appomattox County is $62,853, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 7.1%, 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. Appomattox County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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