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Bakeries and dessert shops in Madison County, VA
How Madison 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
- $21.8M
- On food away from home · $3,985 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.3M
- 76% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,237
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Madison County spend about $21.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,985 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 76% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Madison County as of September 2026. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack bars and retail bakeries in Madison County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Madison County grew 2.7% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, Madison County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Madison 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 | Madison County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 8.5 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.3M | $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 | +2.7% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,985 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $84,323 | $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 Madison 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 Madison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,237+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 5,482
- Median age
- 46.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 321 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $84,323+45.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,810
- Median home value
- $370,300
- Jobs located here
- 3,244
- Daytime population
- 10,830Residents 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 |
| Madison County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 5.5 | $7.3M | +2.7% |
Other business types in Madison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes84
- Sit-down restaurants87
- Fast food and sandwich shops82
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Madison County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 bakeries and dessert shops in Madison County. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. No official count is published for snack bars and retail bakeries in Madison County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Madison County, VA spend on food away from home?
About $21.8M a year, or $3,985 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $7.3M 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 5,482 households in Madison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Madison County, VA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Madison County has 5.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $7.3M, 76% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Madison County would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Madison County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Madison County at 14,237 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,482 households. The median household income in Madison County is $84,323 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 45.7% 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. Madison County has no market score for bakeries and dessert shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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