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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area
The bakeries and dessert shops in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #272 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 266
- 102 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 189
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +26.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On food away from home · $3,702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 927,068
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,702 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area spend about $1.1B a year on food away from home. That is about $4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 4% 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 266 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 102 are chain locations, or 38%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.3 per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area was 189 in 2023, up 26.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,508 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. Official counts also show 54 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bakersfield-Delano metro area grew 2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area is 41 (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Bakersfield-Delano metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Bakersfield-Delano metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,508 | 916 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +26.9% | +14.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,702 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $70,210 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 189All snack bars and retail bakeries · +26.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,743
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 54All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 266102 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 255The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bakersfield-Delano 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 Bakersfield-Delano metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 927,068+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 284,931
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,135 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $70,210+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,147
- Median home value
- $338,300
- Jobs located here
- 302,967
- Daytime population
- 882,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba City, CA | 73 | 40 | 6.5 | $6M | +3.3% | #23 of 387 |
| 2Stockton-Lodi, CA | 63 | 219 | 8.9 | $4.8M | +5.5% | #91 of 387 |
| 3Vallejo, CA | 59 | 139 | 8.8 | $5.1M | +0.6% | #127 of 387 |
| 4Redding, CA | 56 | 45 | 6.3 | $6M | −0.3% | #144 of 387 |
| 5Merced, CA | 54 | 65 | 7.6 | $4.7M | +5.1% | #162 of 387 |
| 6Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 54 | 840 | 9.5 | $4.7M | +3.2% | #163 of 387 |
| 7San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 52 | 748 | 11.0 | $5.2M | −0.6% | #178 of 387 |
| 8Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 46 | 1,516 | 10.5 | $4M | +3.5% | #237 of 387 |
| 9San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 43 | 2,012 | 11.5 | $4.6M | −2.4% | #257 of 387 |
| 10Modesto, CA | 41 | 170 | 9.6 | $4.2M | +0.7% | #268 of 387 |
| 11Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 41 | 266 | 9.3 | $4M | +2.3% | #272 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes39
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops24
- Pizza42
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 266 bakeries and dessert shops in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area. 102 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 189 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 26.9% 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. Another 54 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.1B a year, or $3,702 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 266 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $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 284,931 households in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Bakersfield-Delano metro area has 9.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Bakersfield-Delano metro area would have about 255, against 266 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,508 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 26.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bakersfield-Delano metro area at 927,068 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 284,931 households. The median household income in the Bakersfield-Delano metro area is $70,210 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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 Bakersfield-Delano metro area scores 41 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #272 of 387 scored metro areas.
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