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Bakeries and dessert shops in Monmouth County, NJ
The bakeries and dessert shops in Monmouth County, NJ, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,327 of 1,889 scored counties
#17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey
- Listings
- 372
- 168 chain locations (45%)
- Official establishments
- 338
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +11.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On food away from home · $5,147 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.8
- 51% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 651,035
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 372 bakeries and dessert shops in Monmouth County. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 14.8 per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in Monmouth County comes to about $1.3B a year: $5,147 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 16% 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 338 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Monmouth County in 2023, up 11.2% from 2019. That is one for every 745 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 31 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 14 SBA-backed loans worth $5.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Monmouth County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Monmouth County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Monmouth County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #1,327 of 1,889 scored counties and #17 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey.
How Monmouth County compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Monmouth County | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.8 | 13.3 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.5M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 745 | 1,058 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.2% | +15.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $5,147 | $4,680 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $124,845 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 304 → 338All snack bars and retail bakeries · +11.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,720
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $76.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 31All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 372168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 313The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 14
- Amount
- $5.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Monmouth 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 Monmouth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 651,035+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 251,712
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,378
- Median household income
- $124,845+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,718
- Median home value
- $606,100
- Jobs located here
- 274,570
- Daytime population
- 600,595Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sussex County, NJ | 67 | 51 | 8.8 | $5.5M | +2.9% | #337 of 1,889 |
| 2Somerset County, NJ | 65 | 138 | 10.6 | $5.2M | +3.5% | #390 of 1,889 |
| 3Burlington County, NJ | 58 | 203 | 11.5 | $4.2M | +4.3% | #630 of 1,889 |
| 4Warren County, NJ | 55 | 54 | 11.9 | $3.7M | +3.2% | #756 of 1,889 |
| 5Morris County, NJ | 53 | 244 | 12.6 | $4.3M | +3.2% | #825 of 1,889 |
| 6Middlesex County, NJ | 53 | 355 | 11.5 | $4.2M | +2.6% | #827 of 1,889 |
| 7Salem County, NJ | 52 | 27 | 10.9 | $3.6M | +2.3% | #870 of 1,889 |
| 8Essex County, NJ | 51 | 352 | 11.0 | $3.9M | +4.2% | #906 of 1,889 |
| 9Hunterdon County, NJ | 50 | 69 | 13.6 | $4M | +2.3% | #936 of 1,889 |
| 10Hudson County, NJ | 49 | 315 | 10.5 | $4.3M | +1.8% | #963 of 1,889 |
| 17Monmouth County, NJ | 39 | 372 | 14.8 | $3.5M | +1.4% | #1,327 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Monmouth County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants37
- Fast food and sandwich shops54
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes51
- Bakeries and dessert shops39
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Monmouth County, NJ?
Monmouth County has 372 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 168 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 338 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 11.2% 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 31 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Monmouth County, NJ spend on food away from home?
About $1.3B a year, or $5,147 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 372 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 251,712 households in Monmouth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Monmouth County, NJ compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Monmouth County has 14.8 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 51% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Monmouth County would have about 313, against 372 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 745 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Monmouth County, NJ growing?
Population estimates put Monmouth County at 651,035 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 251,712 households. Median household income in Monmouth County is $124,845, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Monmouth County scores 39 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,327 of 1,889 scored counties.
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