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Bakeries and dessert shops in Lafayette Parish, LA
The bakeries and dessert shops in Lafayette Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,489 of 1,889 scored counties
#29 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 134
- 41 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 84
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $367.9M
- On food away from home · $3,646 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 36% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Lafayette Parish scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,489 of 1,889 scored counties and #29 of 41 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 134 bakeries and dessert shops in Lafayette Parish. 41 of them (31%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 36% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Lafayette Parish spend about $367.9M a year on food away from home, or $3,646 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 134 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.7M per shop, 34% below 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 84 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Lafayette Parish in 2023, up 18.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,201 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. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Lafayette Parish. Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lafayette 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 10.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,201 | 1,635 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.3% | +25.7% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,646 | $3,469 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 71 → 84All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 979
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 32All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13441 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 89The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $3.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents 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 |
| 29Lafayette Parish, LA | 35 | 134 | 13.3 | $2.7M | +6.5% | #1,489 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes35
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops36
- Pizza61
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops35
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Lafayette Parish, LA?
There are 134 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. 41 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 84 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 18.3% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 32 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on food away from home?
About $367.9M a year, or $3,646 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Lafayette Parish has 13.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 36% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 89, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,201 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 35 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,489 of 1,889 scored counties.
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