Food and drink · County · West Virginia
Bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County, WV
How Harrison County, WV 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,751 of 1,889 scored counties
#26 of 30 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 28
- 7 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $90.3M
- On food away from home · $3,425 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,221
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
For bakeries and dessert shops, Harrison County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,751 of 1,889 scored counties and #26 of 30 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Harrison County comes to about $90.3M a year: $3,425 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 28 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.2M per shop, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Harrison County as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 25%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.6, 8% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 1,464 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, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison County. Population estimates put the population change in Harrison County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Harrison County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Harrison County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 7.1 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.7M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,464 | 2,709 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,425 | $3,343 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $60,377 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 18All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 238
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 287 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Harrison 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 Harrison County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,221−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 26,353
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 416 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 156
- Median household income
- $60,377+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,166
- Median home value
- $166,200
- Jobs located here
- 34,505
- Daytime population
- 72,165Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 81 | 37 | 7.3 | $5.3M | +13.7% | #80 of 1,889 |
| 2Putnam County, WV | 73 | 15 | 6.5 | $6.1M | −1.0% | #205 of 1,889 |
| 3Marion County, WV | 62 | 13 | 5.6 | $6.2M | −1.2% | #464 of 1,889 |
| 4Mineral County, WV | 62 | 7 | 6.3 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #466 of 1,889 |
| 5Jefferson County, WV | 61 | 25 | 11.0 | $4M | +9.2% | #528 of 1,889 |
| 6Marshall County, WV | 59 | 6 | 4.8 | $6.7M | −4.4% | #564 of 1,889 |
| 7Randolph County, WV | 58 | 5 | 4.7 | $6.8M | −3.6% | #599 of 1,889 |
| 8Preston County, WV | 58 | 7 | 5.5 | $6.1M | −0.6% | #601 of 1,889 |
| 9Hampshire County, WV | 57 | 7 | 8.1 | $4.2M | +4.4% | #666 of 1,889 |
| 10Hancock County, WV | 54 | 8 | 6.2 | $5.3M | −4.5% | #772 of 1,889 |
| 26Harrison County, WV | 24 | 28 | 10.6 | $3.2M | −2.5% | #1,751 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Harrison County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops15
- Pizza15
- Coffee shops and cafes39
- Bakeries and dessert shops24
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Harrison County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 28 bakeries and dessert shops in Harrison County. 7 of them (25%) 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. Another 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Harrison County, WV spend on food away from home?
About $90.3M a year, or $3,425 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 26,353 households in Harrison County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Harrison County, WV compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Harrison County has 10.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Harrison County would have about 22, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,464 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Harrison County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Harrison County at 64,221 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,353 households. The median household income in Harrison County is $60,377 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.9% 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. Harrison County scores 24 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #1,751 of 1,889 scored counties.
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