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Bakeries and dessert shops in Hawaii County, HI

How Hawaii County, HI 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,492 of 1,889 scored counties
#1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii

Listings
122
12 chain locations (10%)
Official establishments
72
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +16.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$294.8M
On food away from home · $3,980 a household
Spending per listing
$2.4M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
16.5
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
210,043
+4.6% since 2020

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What this means

For bakeries and dessert shops, Hawaii County has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #1,492 of 1,889 scored counties and #1 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $3,980 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Hawaii County spend about $294.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 122 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.4M per shop, 42% 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 122 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Hawaii County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.5, 68% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 72 businesses with payroll in Hawaii County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 16.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,029 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. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $327K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hawaii County. Population estimates show Hawaii County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Hawaii County compares

The same measures for Hawaii 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Hawaii County, HI compared with Hawaii and the U.S.
MeasureHawaii CountyHawaiiU.S.
Listings per 10k households16.516.99.8
Spending per listing$2.4M$2.7M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,0298031,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+16.1%+11.9%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%−1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,980$4,533$4,070
Median household income$78,639$100,389$80,734
Groundwork market score3519

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
62 → 72All snack bars and retail bakeries · +16.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
733
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
28All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12212 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
71The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$327K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Hawaii 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 Hawaii County

Population, 2025 estimate
210,043+4.6% since 2020
Households
74,072
Median age
44.6
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
4,028 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$78,639+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,737
Median home value
$519,300
Jobs located here
69,607
Daytime population
224,838Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Hawaii

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The highest-scoring counties in Hawaii for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Hawaii, with Hawaii County marked.

Top counties in Hawaii

Counties in Hawaii ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hawaii County, HI3512216.5$2.4M+4.6%#1,492 of 1,889
2Honolulu County, HI2949614.6$3.2M−2.3%#1,646 of 1,889
3Kauai County, HI257330.9$1.4M+0.3%#1,749 of 1,889
4Maui County, HI2114125.3$1.8M−2.5%#1,807 of 1,889

Other business types in Hawaii County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

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Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Hawaii County, HI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 122 bakeries and dessert shops in Hawaii County. 12 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 72 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 16.1% 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 28 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Hawaii County, HI spend on food away from home?

About $294.8M a year, or $3,980 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 122 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 74,072 households in Hawaii County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hawaii County, HI compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

Hawaii County has 16.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.4M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Hawaii County would have about 71, against 122 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,029 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Hawaii County, HI growing?

Population estimates put Hawaii County at 210,043 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,072 households. The median household income in Hawaii County is $78,639 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Hawaii County scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,492 of 1,889 scored counties.

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