Food and drink · Metro area · Oregon
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Bend, OR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Bend, OR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #174 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon
- Listings
- 98
- 16 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 129
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +22.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $443.6M
- On food away from home · $4,244 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 266,376
- +7.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,244 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in the Bend metro area spend about $443.6M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.5M per shop, 9% 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 98 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Bend metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bend metro area was 129 in 2023, up 22.9% from 2019. That is one for every 810 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 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bend metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Bend metro area grew 7.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Bend metro area is 53 (upper middle), #174 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Oregon.
How the Bend metro area compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Bend metro area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $4.6M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 810 | 961 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.9% | +11.2% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.0% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,244 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $89,788 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 43 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 129All snack bars and retail bakeries · +22.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,410
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $32.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 18All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9816 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 107The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Bend 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 Bend metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 266,376+7.0% since 2020
- Households
- 104,529
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,778 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $89,788
- Average household income
- $121,236
- Median home value
- $602,600
- Jobs located here
- 104,129
- Daytime population
- 248,315Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Oregon market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Oregon for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Oregon, with the Bend metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 57 | 821 | 8.1 | $5.5M | +1.0% | #137 of 387 |
| 2Corvallis, OR | 57 | 32 | 8.3 | $4.8M | +4.4% | #141 of 387 |
| 3Bend, OR | 53 | 98 | 9.4 | $4.5M | +7.0% | #174 of 387 |
| 4Albany, OR | 51 | 35 | 6.9 | $5.3M | +3.0% | #187 of 387 |
| 5Salem, OR | 48 | 138 | 8.6 | $4.5M | +2.7% | #213 of 387 |
| 6Grants Pass, OR | 43 | 23 | 6.3 | $5.5M | −0.4% | #256 of 387 |
| 7Eugene-Springfield, OR | 38 | 121 | 7.5 | $4.8M | −0.7% | #291 of 387 |
| 8Medford, OR | 33 | 75 | 8.1 | $4.6M | −0.9% | #317 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bend metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes41
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops84
- Pizza74
- Coffee shops and cafes35
- Bakeries and dessert shops53
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Bend, OR metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 98 bakeries and dessert shops in the Bend metro area. 16 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 129 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 22.9% 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. Another 18 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bend, OR metro area spend on food away from home?
About $443.6M a year, or $4,244 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 98 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 104,529 households in the Bend metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bend, OR metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Bend metro area has 9.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.5M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Bend metro area would have about 107, against 98 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 810 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bend, OR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bend metro area at 266,376 people in 2025, up 7.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 104,529 households. The median household income in the Bend metro area is $89,788 a year, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Bend metro area scores 53 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #174 of 387 scored metro areas.
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