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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #218 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 3,592
- 1,311 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 2,490
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $12.4B
- On food away from home · $4,287 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 27% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,477,157
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3,592 bakeries and dessert shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area comes to about $12.4B a year: $4,287 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area was 2,490 in 2023, up 37.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,161 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 644 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 169 SBA-backed loans worth $97M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops, ranking #218 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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.
| Measure | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,161 | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +37.6% | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,287 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $90,275 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2,490All snack bars and retail bakeries · +37.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 25,068
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $499.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 644All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3,5921,311 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2,991The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 169
- Amount
- $97M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,477,157+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 2,891,725
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 920
- Median household income
- $90,275+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,389
- Median home value
- $359,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,175,571
- Daytime population
- 8,229,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 65 | 978 | 9.9 | $4.6M | +14.0% | #76 of 387 |
| 2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 49 | 1,039 | 10.7 | $3.6M | +9.5% | #207 of 387 |
| 3Midland, TX | 48 | 84 | 12.1 | $3.6M | +9.8% | #217 of 387 |
| 4Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 48 | 3,592 | 12.4 | $3.5M | +10.6% | #218 of 387 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 47 | 3,230 | 12.1 | $3.4M | +10.3% | #229 of 387 |
| 6Killeen-Temple, TX | 46 | 157 | 8.8 | $4M | +7.2% | #238 of 387 |
| 7Sherman-Denison, TX | 44 | 65 | 11.8 | $3.2M | +12.8% | #255 of 387 |
| 8Odessa, TX | 43 | 69 | 10.7 | $3.5M | +5.0% | #261 of 387 |
| 9Corpus Christi, TX | 37 | 166 | 9.8 | $3.7M | +1.1% | #295 of 387 |
| 10College Station-Bryan, TX | 36 | 110 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +6.9% | #306 of 387 |
Other business types in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes52
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops53
- Pizza64
- Coffee shops and cafes62
- Bakeries and dessert shops48
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area?
There are 3,592 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area as of September 2026. 1,311 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 2,490 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 37.6% 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 644 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area spend on food away from home?
About $12.4B a year, or $4,287 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3,592 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 2,891,725 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has 12.4 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 27% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area would have about 2,991, against 3,592 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,161 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 37.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area at 8,477,157 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,891,725 households. Median household income in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is $90,275, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 48 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #218 of 387 scored metro areas.
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