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Bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County, NV
How Clark County, NV 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,047 of 1,889 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 924
- 385 chain locations (42%)
- Official establishments
- 687
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.4B
- On food away from home · $3,887 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 9% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,407,226
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 924 bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.7, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Households in Clark County spend about $3.4B a year on food away from home, or $3,887 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 12% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clark County was 687 in 2023, up 36.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,255 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. Another 122 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $14.8M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clark County.
Population estimates show Clark County grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Clark County is 47 (lower middle), #1,047 of 1,889 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in Nevada.
How Clark County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Clark County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 9.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,255 | 1,295 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +36.9% | +40.3% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,887 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,472 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 47 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 502 → 687All snack bars and retail bakeries · +36.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 9,108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $195.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 122All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 924385 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 809The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 30
- Amount
- $14.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,407,226+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 862,518
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 295
- Median household income
- $76,472+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,279
- Median home value
- $431,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,114,493
- Daytime population
- 2,346,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lyon County, NV | 85 | 12 | 5.1 | $7.6M | +9.5% | #47 of 1,889 |
| 2Nye County, NV | 75 | 12 | 5.4 | $6.4M | +10.3% | #167 of 1,889 |
| 3Churchill County, NV | 71 | 5 | 5.3 | $7.2M | +1.1% | #232 of 1,889 |
| 4Douglas County, NV | 69 | 13 | 6.1 | $7.1M | +1.2% | #281 of 1,889 |
| 5Washoe County, NV | 61 | 163 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +4.4% | #507 of 1,889 |
| 6Elko County, NV | 57 | 15 | 7.6 | $5.2M | +2.1% | #647 of 1,889 |
| 7Clark County, NV | 47 | 924 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +5.8% | #1,047 of 1,889 |
| 8Humboldt County, NV | 44 | 6 | 8.7 | $4.3M | 0.0% | #1,142 of 1,889 |
| 9Carson City, NV | 35 | 24 | 10.1 | $3.7M | −0.2% | #1,471 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Clark County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes38
- Sit-down restaurants41
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Clark County, NV?
There are 924 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Clark County as of September 2026. 385 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 687 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 36.9% 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 122 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Clark County, NV spend on food away from home?
About $3.4B a year, or $3,887 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 924 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 862,518 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, NV compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Clark County has 10.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.6M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Clark County would have about 809, against 924 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,255 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 36.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Clark County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 2,407,226 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862,518 households. Median household income in Clark County is $76,472, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, 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. Clark County scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,047 of 1,889 scored counties.
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