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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #60 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 76
- 26 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $405.8M
- On food away from home · $3,650 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.3M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area comes to about $405.8M a year: $3,650 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That works out to $5.3M per shop, 29% 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 76 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area as of September 2026. 26 of them (34%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area in 2023, up 37.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,764 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. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $683K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #60 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.3M | $5.1M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,764 | 1,555 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +37.0% | +35.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,650 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,613 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 685
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $15M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7626 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 98The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $683K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area, 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 the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 111,157
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,123 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $425,200
- Jobs located here
- 67,568
- Daytime population
- 218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 72 | 50 | 4.9 | $6.7M | +6.5% | #28 of 387 |
| 2Tucson, AZ | 67 | 266 | 6.1 | $6.1M | +2.8% | #56 of 387 |
| 3Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 67 | 76 | 6.8 | $5.3M | +6.5% | #60 of 387 |
| 4Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 67 | 1,643 | 8.7 | $4.8M | +7.3% | #61 of 387 |
| 5Yuma, AZ | 60 | 60 | 7.6 | $4.4M | +9.2% | #120 of 387 |
| 6Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 46 | 37 | 7.3 | $4.6M | +0.6% | #232 of 387 |
| 7Flagstaff, AZ | 36 | 49 | 8.9 | $4.3M | −0.6% | #301 of 387 |
Other business types in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes61
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops76
- Pizza76
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops67
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 76 bakeries and dessert shops in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area. 26 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 37.0% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack bars and retail bakeries, not only bakeries and dessert shops: coffee shops and cafes are counted too. Official counts list 16 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $405.8M a year, or $3,650 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 76 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.3M 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 111,157 households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has 6.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.3M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area would have about 98, against 76 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,764 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area scores 67 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #60 of 387 scored metro areas.
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