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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area
How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #101 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 398
- 92 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 235
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On food away from home · $4,095 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,183,645
- +2.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 398 bakeries and dessert shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area. 92 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area comes to about $1.8B a year: $4,095 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 398 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.5M per shop, 9% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 235 businesses with payroll in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,874 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. Official counts also show 47 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area.
Population estimates show the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area grew 2.8% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #101 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.
How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,874 | 2,015 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +16.5% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,095 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $82,874 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 235All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,022
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $58.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 47All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 39892 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 435The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 17
- Amount
- $3.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,183,645+2.8% since 2020
- Households
- 440,316
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,243 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 358
- Median household income
- $82,874
- Average household income
- $107,922
- Median home value
- $285,300
- Jobs located here
- 566,419
- Daytime population
- 1,215,585Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monroe, MI | 77 | 38 | 6.0 | $6.6M | +0.7% | #10 of 387 |
| 2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 62 | 398 | 9.0 | $4.5M | +2.8% | #101 of 387 |
| 3Flint, MI | 61 | 98 | 5.9 | $6M | −1.1% | #104 of 387 |
| 4Ann Arbor, MI | 60 | 134 | 8.9 | $5M | −0.4% | #115 of 387 |
| 5Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 60 | 89 | 8.3 | $4.7M | +0.8% | #117 of 387 |
| 6Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 59 | 1,529 | 8.6 | $4.7M | +0.1% | #130 of 387 |
| 7Midland, MI | 58 | 31 | 8.9 | $4.6M | +0.3% | #134 of 387 |
| 8Battle Creek, MI | 53 | 40 | 7.5 | $4.7M | −0.6% | #172 of 387 |
| 9Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 47 | 182 | 9.4 | $4.1M | +1.4% | #225 of 387 |
| 10Saginaw, MI | 46 | 62 | 8.0 | $4.4M | −1.1% | #234 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes79
- Sit-down restaurants76
- Fast food and sandwich shops68
- Pizza59
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area?
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 398 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 92 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 235 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Another 47 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.8B a year, or $4,095 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 398 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 440,316 households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 9.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.5M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area would have about 435, against 398 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,874 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area at 1,183,645 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 440,316 households. Median household income in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area is $82,874, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 62 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #101 of 387 scored metro areas.
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