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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 20 out of 100: Low

Ranked #378 of 387 scored metro areas
#25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
202
94 chain locations (47%)
Official establishments
113
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$532.8M
On food away from home · $3,565 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.5
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
399,310
+0.5% since 2020

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What this means

The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is 20 (low), #378 of 387 scored metro areas and #25 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

As of September 2026, map listings count 202 bakeries and dessert shops in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. 94 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.5, 38% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area comes to about $532.8M a year: $3,565 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 202 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $2.6M per shop, 36% 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 the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area was 113 in 2023, up 18.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,323 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $86K has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area grew 0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area compares

The same measures for Texas 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBeaumont-Port Arthur metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.511.89.8
Spending per listing$2.6M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3231,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+18.1%+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,565$3,970$4,070
Median household income$64,659$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2045

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
113All snack bars and retail bakeries · +18.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
824
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
54All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20294 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
129The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$86K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Beaumont-Port Arthur 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
399,310+0.5% since 2020
Households
149,466
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,101 sq. mi.
People per square mile
189
Median household income
$64,659+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,951
Median home value
$173,600
Jobs located here
151,181
Daytime population
386,011Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX659789.9$4.6M+14.0%#76 of 387
2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX491,03910.7$3.6M+9.5%#207 of 387
3Midland, TX488412.1$3.6M+9.8%#217 of 387
4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX483,59212.4$3.5M+10.6%#218 of 387
5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX473,23012.1$3.4M+10.3%#229 of 387
6Killeen-Temple, TX461578.8$4M+7.2%#238 of 387
7Sherman-Denison, TX446511.8$3.2M+12.8%#255 of 387
8Odessa, TX436910.7$3.5M+5.0%#261 of 387
9Corpus Christi, TX371669.8$3.7M+1.1%#295 of 387
10College Station-Bryan, TX3611010.4$3.4M+6.9%#306 of 387
25Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX2020213.5$2.6M+0.5%#378 of 387

Other business types in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area?

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 202 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 94 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 113 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 18.1% 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 54 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area spend on food away from home?

About $532.8M a year, or $3,565 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 202 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 149,466 households in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area has 13.5 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $2.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area would have about 129, against 202 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,323 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area at 399,310 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 149,466 households. Median household income in the Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area is $64,659, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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 Beaumont-Port Arthur metro area scores 20 for bakeries and dessert shops (low), #378 of 387 scored metro areas.

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