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Bakeries and dessert shops in Collier County, FL
The bakeries and dessert shops in Collier County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #248 of 1,889 scored counties
#18 of 53 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 139
- 60 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 107
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +28.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $718.8M
- On food away from home · $4,334 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.2M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 417,131
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 139 bakeries and dessert shops in Collier County. 60 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.4, 14% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Collier County comes to about $718.8M a year: $4,334 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 139 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.2M per shop, 25% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. That spending covers all food away from home, which bakeries and dessert shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Collier County in 2023, up 28.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,550 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. 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 also show 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Collier County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Collier County grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Collier County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #248 of 1,889 scored counties and #18 of 53 scored counties in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Collier County compares
The same measures for Florida 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 | Collier County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.2M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,550 | 1,743 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.9% | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,334 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,045 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 83 → 107All snack bars and retail bakeries · +28.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,294
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $25.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13960 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 174The 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 Collier 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 Collier County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 417,131+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 165,875
- Median age
- 51.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 199
- Median household income
- $90,045+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $145,201
- Median home value
- $540,700
- Jobs located here
- 165,588
- Daytime population
- 398,800Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 91 | 24 | 3.4 | $11M | +21.1% | #11 of 1,889 |
| 2Wakulla County, FL | 87 | 6 | 4.7 | $8.1M | +12.3% | #30 of 1,889 |
| 3Flagler County, FL | 85 | 29 | 5.5 | $7M | +21.0% | #49 of 1,889 |
| 4Santa Rosa County, FL | 85 | 50 | 6.9 | $6.1M | +11.7% | #53 of 1,889 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 81 | 32 | 8.1 | $5.1M | +17.4% | #81 of 1,889 |
| 6Suwannee County, FL | 77 | 5 | 3.1 | $10.3M | +10.6% | #122 of 1,889 |
| 7Lake County, FL | 77 | 109 | 6.6 | $5.6M | +18.1% | #131 of 1,889 |
| 8Citrus County, FL | 76 | 38 | 5.3 | $6.1M | +11.1% | #145 of 1,889 |
| 9Clay County, FL | 76 | 60 | 7.2 | $5.6M | +9.4% | #148 of 1,889 |
| 10Charlotte County, FL | 76 | 59 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +15.5% | #149 of 1,889 |
| 18Collier County, FL | 71 | 139 | 8.4 | $5.2M | +10.6% | #248 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Collier County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops85
- Pizza80
- Coffee shops and cafes68
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
Groceries and convenience
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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 Collier County, FL?
Collier County has 139 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 60 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 28.9% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Collier County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $718.8M a year, or $4,334 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 139 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 165,875 households in Collier County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Collier County, FL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Collier County has 8.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.2M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Collier County would have about 174, against 139 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,550 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Collier County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Collier County at 417,131 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 165,875 households. Median household income in Collier County is $90,045, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.3%, 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. Collier County scores 71 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #248 of 1,889 scored counties.
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