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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area
How the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #110 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 1,250
- 536 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 674
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +35.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.1B
- On food away from home · $3,862 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 3,418,895
- +7.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,862 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area spend about $5.1B a year on food away from home. Spread across 1,250 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.1M 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.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has 1,250 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 536 are chain locations, or 43%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area was 674 in 2023, up 35.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,974 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 list 207 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 53 SBA-backed loans worth $25.6M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area grew 7.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #110 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area 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 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 9.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $3.9M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,974 | 1,743 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +35.1% | +34.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.3% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,862 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,392 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 674All snack bars and retail bakeries · +35.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,699
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $156.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 207All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,250536 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,240The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 53
- Amount
- $25.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 3,418,895+7.3% since 2020
- Households
- 1,330,303
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,314
- Median household income
- $74,392+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,527
- Median home value
- $345,100
- Jobs located here
- 1,535,800
- Daytime population
- 3,350,045Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 24 | 3.4 | $11M | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 79 | 59 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +15.5% | #7 of 387 |
| 3Homosassa Springs, FL | 77 | 38 | 5.3 | $6.1M | +11.1% | #11 of 387 |
| 4Ocala, FL | 77 | 95 | 5.8 | $5.8M | +17.3% | #12 of 387 |
| 5Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 76 | 196 | 6.8 | $5.2M | +19.8% | #14 of 387 |
| 6Naples-Marco Island, FL | 74 | 139 | 8.4 | $5.2M | +10.6% | #21 of 387 |
| 7Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 73 | 56 | 7.9 | $4.8M | +7.7% | #26 of 387 |
| 8Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | 71 | 161 | 8.0 | $4.8M | +6.5% | #33 of 387 |
| 9Sebring, FL | 69 | 29 | 6.2 | $5.1M | +9.7% | #46 of 387 |
| 10North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 68 | 351 | 9.0 | $4.5M | +13.2% | #54 of 387 |
| 16Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 61 | 1,250 | 9.4 | $4.1M | +7.3% | #110 of 387 |
Other business types in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops73
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops61
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,250 bakeries and dessert shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. 536 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 674 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 35.1% 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 also show 207 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $5.1B a year, or $3,862 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,250 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 1,330,303 households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has 9.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.1M, in line with the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area would have about 1,240, against 1,250 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,974 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 35.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area at 3,418,895 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,330,303 households. The median household income in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area is $74,392 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area scores 61 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #110 of 387 scored metro areas.
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