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Bakeries and dessert shops in Ascension Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Ascension Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 1,889 scored counties
#1 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 36
- 12 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $203.4M
- On food away from home · $4,268 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.6M
- 36% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 135,105
- +6.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,268 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Ascension Parish spend about $203.4M a year on food away from home. Spread across 36 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $5.6M per shop, 36% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Ascension Parish has 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 33%, against 35% across the U.S. That is 7.6 per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ascension Parish was 29 in 2023. That is one for every 1,643 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 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $996K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ascension Parish.
Population estimates put the population change in Ascension Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Ascension Parish has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #220 of 1,889 scored counties and #1 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Ascension Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Ascension Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.6M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,643 | 1,635 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +25.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,268 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,549 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 29All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 12All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $996K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ascension Parish, 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 Ascension Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 135,105+6.4% since 2020
- Households
- 47,656
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 449
- Median household income
- $91,549+13.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $113,485
- Median home value
- $279,600
- Jobs located here
- 51,055
- Daytime population
- 119,780Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 72 | 36 | 7.6 | $5.6M | +6.4% | #220 of 1,889 |
| 2Beauregard Parish, LA | 61 | 8 | 5.8 | $6.1M | +0.2% | #495 of 1,889 |
| 3St. Charles Parish, LA | 59 | 15 | 8.1 | $4.9M | −3.7% | #583 of 1,889 |
| 4Livingston Parish, LA | 59 | 53 | 9.9 | $3.8M | +8.5% | #593 of 1,889 |
| 5Iberville Parish, LA | 55 | 5 | 4.4 | $7.6M | −1.6% | #718 of 1,889 |
| 6De Soto Parish, LA | 55 | 6 | 5.7 | $5.6M | +2.0% | #724 of 1,889 |
| 7Evangeline Parish, LA | 53 | 7 | 5.6 | $5.2M | −1.0% | #809 of 1,889 |
| 8Acadia Parish, LA | 49 | 13 | 5.9 | $5.1M | −0.8% | #948 of 1,889 |
| 9West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 49 | 17 | 15.5 | $2.5M | +5.5% | #977 of 1,889 |
| 10Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | 47 | 7 | 8.4 | $4.3M | −5.6% | #1,033 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Ascension Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes68
- Sit-down restaurants77
- Fast food and sandwich shops55
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes71
- Bakeries and dessert shops72
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Ascension Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 bakeries and dessert shops in Ascension Parish. 12 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. 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 12 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ascension Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $203.4M a year, or $4,268 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.6M 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 47,656 households in Ascension Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ascension Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Ascension Parish has 7.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.6M, 36% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Ascension Parish would have about 49, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,643 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is Ascension Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ascension Parish at 135,105 people in 2025, up 6.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,656 households. The median household income in Ascension Parish is $91,549 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 13.7% 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. Ascension Parish scores 72 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #220 of 1,889 scored counties.
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