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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #254 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 9% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area comes to about $3.4B a year: $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.
In 2023, official counts showed 687 businesses with payroll in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area classed as snack bars and retail bakeries, 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. Official counts list 122 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 30 SBA-backed loans worth $14.8M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #254 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.
How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area | 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 | 44 | 49 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area
- 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 metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 66 | 180 | 8.0 | $5.2M | +5.0% | #67 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 44 | 924 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +5.8% | #254 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 30 | 24 | 10.1 | $3.7M | −0.2% | #339 of 387 |
Other business types in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes33
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops39
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops44
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area?
There are 924 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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 also show 122 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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 the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area 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. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 44 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #254 of 387 scored metro areas.
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