Food and drink · County · Virginia
Bakeries and dessert shops in Fredericksburg city, VA
How Fredericksburg city, VA 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,494 of 1,889 scored counties
#64 of 79 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 36
- 17 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $49.3M
- On food away from home · $4,204 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 67% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 30.7
- 3.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,393
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Fredericksburg city is 35 (lower middle), #1,494 of 1,889 scored counties and #64 of 79 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Fredericksburg city comes to about $49.3M a year: $4,204 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.4M per shop, 67% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Fredericksburg city has 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 47% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 30.7 per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Fredericksburg city was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 651 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. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $885K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Fredericksburg city. Population estimates put the population change in Fredericksburg city from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Fredericksburg city 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 | Fredericksburg city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 30.7 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $5.2M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 651 | 2,020 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.9% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,204 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $86,071 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 80 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 18All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3617 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $885K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Fredericksburg city, 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 Fredericksburg city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,393+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 11,720
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 40%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 11 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,762
- Median household income
- $86,071+31.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,520
- Median home value
- $483,700
- Jobs located here
- 24,298
- Daytime population
- 40,915Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Fredericksburg city marked.
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 |
| 64Fredericksburg city, VA | 35 | 36 | 30.7 | $1.4M | +8.6% | #1,494 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Fredericksburg city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants36
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza49
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Fredericksburg city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 bakeries and dessert shops in Fredericksburg city. 17 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 18 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.
How much do households in Fredericksburg city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $49.3M a year, or $4,204 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 11,720 households in Fredericksburg city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fredericksburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Fredericksburg city has 30.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 67% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Fredericksburg city would have about 12, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 651 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Fredericksburg city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Fredericksburg city at 30,393 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,720 households. The median household income in Fredericksburg city is $86,071 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.1% 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. Fredericksburg city scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,494 of 1,889 scored counties.
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