Food and drink · Metro area · New Mexico
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Cruces, NM metro area
The bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Cruces, NM metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #151 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico
- Listings
- 59
- 22 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 39
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +62.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.8M
- On food away from home · $3,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.7M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.0
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 229,091
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,273 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in the Las Cruces metro area spend about $277.8M a year on food away from home. Spread across 59 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $4.7M per shop, 14% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
There are 59 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Las Cruces metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 7.0 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Las Cruces metro area in 2023, up 62.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,177 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. Another 30 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Las Cruces metro area grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Cruces metro area is 56 (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in New Mexico.
How the Las Cruces metro area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 Cruces metro area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.0 | 8.2 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.7M | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 2,177 | 1,623 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +62.5% | +36.9% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,273 | $3,547 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,848 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 39All snack bars and retail bakeries · +62.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 585
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 30All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5922 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Las Cruces 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 Cruces metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 229,091+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 84,889
- Median age
- 36.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,808 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 59
- Median household income
- $56,848+38.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,951
- Median home value
- $220,800
- Jobs located here
- 79,505
- Daytime population
- 218,304Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New Mexico market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New Mexico for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Las Cruces metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Las Cruces, NM | 56 | 59 | 7.0 | $4.7M | +4.1% | #151 of 387 |
| 2Farmington, NM | 47 | 27 | 6.5 | $5.1M | −0.9% | #220 of 387 |
| 3Albuquerque, NM | 45 | 303 | 8.1 | $4.6M | +0.8% | #242 of 387 |
| 4Santa Fe, NM | 38 | 82 | 11.6 | $3.5M | +1.2% | #294 of 387 |
Other business types in the Las Cruces metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes67
- Sit-down restaurants65
- Fast food and sandwich shops58
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes45
- Bakeries and dessert shops56
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Las Cruces, NM metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 59 bakeries and dessert shops in the Las Cruces metro area. 22 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 62.5% from 2019. 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 30 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Las Cruces, NM metro area spend on food away from home?
About $277.8M a year, or $3,273 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.7M 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 84,889 households in the Las Cruces metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Las Cruces, NM metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Las Cruces metro area has 7.0 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.7M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Las Cruces metro area would have about 67, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,177 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 62.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Las Cruces, NM metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Las Cruces metro area at 229,091 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,889 households. The median household income in the Las Cruces metro area is $56,848 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.8% 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 Las Cruces metro area scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #151 of 387 scored metro areas.
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