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Bakeries and dessert shops in Palm Beach County, FL
The bakeries and dessert shops in Palm Beach County, FL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #711 of 1,889 scored counties
#35 of 53 scored counties in Florida
- Listings
- 602
- 240 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 429
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +28.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On food away from home · $4,152 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,575,726
- +5.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Palm Beach County comes to about $2.5B a year: $4,152 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per shop, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Palm Beach County has 602 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 429 businesses with payroll in Palm Beach County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 28.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,411 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 105 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 18 SBA-backed loans worth $8M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Palm Beach County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palm Beach County grew 5.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Palm Beach County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #711 of 1,889 scored counties and #35 of 53 scored counties in Florida.
How Palm Beach 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 | Palm Beach County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,411 | 1,743 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.8% | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.5% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,152 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $83,581 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 333 → 429All snack bars and retail bakeries · +28.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 5,061
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $101.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 105All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 602240 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 607The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 18
- Amount
- $8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,575,726+5.5% since 2020
- Households
- 605,430
- Median age
- 45.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,964 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 781
- Median household income
- $83,581+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,577
- Median home value
- $447,300
- Jobs located here
- 678,049
- Daytime population
- 1,576,309Residents 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 |
| 35Palm Beach County, FL | 56 | 602 | 9.9 | $4.2M | +5.5% | #711 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Palm Beach County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants47
- Fast food and sandwich shops75
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes58
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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 Palm Beach County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 602 bakeries and dessert shops in Palm Beach County. 240 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 429 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 28.8% 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 105 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Palm Beach County, FL spend on food away from home?
About $2.5B a year, or $4,152 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 602 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 605,430 households in Palm Beach County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palm Beach County, FL compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Palm Beach County has 9.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Palm Beach County would have about 607, against 602 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,411 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Palm Beach County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Palm Beach County at 1,575,726 people in 2025, up 5.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 605,430 households. The median household income in Palm Beach County is $83,581 a year, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.0% 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. Palm Beach County scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #711 of 1,889 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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