Food and drink · Metro area · Nebraska
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Grand Island, NE metro area
How the Grand Island, NE 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 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #273 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska
- Listings
- 30
- 16 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $110.7M
- On food away from home · $3,655 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.9
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 78,076
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,655 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Grand Island metro area spend about $110.7M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 11% 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 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Grand Island metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 16 are chain locations, or 53%, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.9 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Grand Island metro area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,782 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 also show 11 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $989K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Grand Island metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Island metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Grand Island metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #273 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nebraska.
How the Grand Island metro area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 Island metro area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.9 | 7.9 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,782 | 1,480 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +35.4% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,655 | $3,946 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $69,704 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 185
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 11All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3016 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $989K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Grand Island 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 Island metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 78,076+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 30,296
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,604 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $69,704+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,207
- Median home value
- $218,400
- Jobs located here
- 39,132
- Daytime population
- 77,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Nebraska market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Nebraska for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Nebraska (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Grand Island metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Omaha, NE-IA | 71 | 304 | 7.8 | $5.4M | +4.2% | #31 of 387 |
| 2Lincoln, NE | 59 | 101 | 7.2 | $5.4M | +3.3% | #125 of 387 |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 48 | 46 | 8.3 | $4.6M | +1.0% | #210 of 387 |
| 3Grand Island, NE | 41 | 30 | 9.9 | $3.7M | +1.5% | #273 of 387 |
Other business types in the Grand Island metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants35
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza40
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Grand Island, NE metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 30 bakeries and dessert shops in the Grand Island metro area. 16 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 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. Another 11 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Grand Island, NE metro area spend on food away from home?
About $110.7M a year, or $3,655 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 30,296 households in the Grand Island metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Island, NE metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Grand Island metro area has 9.9 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.7M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Grand Island metro area would have about 27, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,782 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Grand Island, NE metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Island metro area at 78,076 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,296 households. The median household income in the Grand Island metro area is $69,704 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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 Grand Island metro area scores 41 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #273 of 387 scored metro areas.
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