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Bakeries and dessert shops in Sacramento County, CA
How Sacramento County, CA 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #889 of 1,889 scored counties
#18 of 53 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 536
- 194 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 530
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +24.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.4B
- On food away from home · $4,290 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,618,460
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,290 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Sacramento County spend about $2.4B a year on food away from home. That is about $4.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 10% 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 536 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Sacramento County as of September 2026. 194 of them (36%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sacramento County was 530 in 2023, up 24.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,077 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 73 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $10.3M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sacramento County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sacramento County grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Sacramento County is 51 (upper middle), #889 of 1,889 scored counties and #18 of 53 scored counties in California.
How Sacramento County 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 | Sacramento County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 11.7 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,077 | 916 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +24.7% | +14.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,290 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,175 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 425 → 530All snack bars and retail bakeries · +24.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 6,971
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $163.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 73All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 536194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 591The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $10.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Sacramento 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 Sacramento County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,618,460+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 571,057
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 965 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $92,175+37.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,155
- Median home value
- $534,200
- Jobs located here
- 724,651
- Daytime population
- 1,607,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 88 | 9 | 3.1 | $12.1M | +8.2% | #25 of 1,889 |
| 2Colusa County, CA | 63 | 5 | 6.7 | $5.6M | −0.1% | #446 of 1,889 |
| 3Placer County, CA | 63 | 156 | 9.9 | $5M | +8.9% | #452 of 1,889 |
| 4San Benito County, CA | 62 | 20 | 9.7 | $5M | +8.6% | #471 of 1,889 |
| 5Contra Costa County, CA | 61 | 336 | 8.1 | $6.4M | +0.3% | #493 of 1,889 |
| 6San Joaquin County, CA | 61 | 219 | 8.9 | $4.8M | +5.5% | #511 of 1,889 |
| 7Solano County, CA | 57 | 139 | 8.8 | $5.1M | +0.6% | #648 of 1,889 |
| 8Lake County, CA | 56 | 12 | 4.5 | $7.9M | −0.6% | #676 of 1,889 |
| 9Merced County, CA | 56 | 65 | 7.6 | $4.7M | +5.1% | #699 of 1,889 |
| 10Del Norte County, CA | 55 | 5 | 5.3 | $6.8M | −4.4% | #720 of 1,889 |
| 18Sacramento County, CA | 51 | 536 | 9.4 | $4.6M | +2.0% | #889 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Sacramento County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants52
- Fast food and sandwich shops57
- Pizza58
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops51
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Sacramento County, CA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 536 bakeries and dessert shops in Sacramento County. 194 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 530 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 24.7% 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 73 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Sacramento County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $2.4B a year, or $4,290 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 536 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 571,057 households in Sacramento County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sacramento County, CA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Sacramento County has 9.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.6M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Sacramento County would have about 591, against 536 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,077 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Sacramento County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Sacramento County at 1,618,460 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,057 households. The median household income in Sacramento County is $92,175 a year, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.3% 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. Sacramento County scores 51 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #889 of 1,889 scored counties.
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