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Bakeries and dessert shops in Ellis County, TX
How Ellis County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #592 of 1,889 scored counties
#20 of 147 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 80
- 23 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 51
- All snack bars and retail bakeries · +96.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $312.3M
- On food away from home · $4,352 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 240,867
- +24.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,352 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Ellis County spend about $312.3M a year on food away from home. Spread across 80 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.9M per shop, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only bakeries and dessert shops.
Ellis County has 80 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That is 11.1 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ellis County in 2023, up 96.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,407 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 list 25 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $761K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ellis County.
Population estimates show Ellis County grew 24.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in Ellis County is 59 (upper middle), #592 of 1,889 scored counties and #20 of 147 scored counties in Texas.
How Ellis County 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 | Ellis County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,407 | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +96.2% | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +24.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,352 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,595 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 26 → 51All snack bars and retail bakeries · +96.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 441
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 25All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8023 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $761K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 240,867+24.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,759
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 936 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $99,595+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $117,930
- Median home value
- $348,600
- Jobs located here
- 60,835
- Daytime population
- 167,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 90 | 12 | 6.5 | $6.3M | +21.9% | #17 of 1,889 |
| 2Guadalupe County, TX | 80 | 41 | 6.3 | $6.7M | +15.8% | #86 of 1,889 |
| 3Bastrop County, TX | 78 | 27 | 7.3 | $5.5M | +21.3% | #118 of 1,889 |
| 4Medina County, TX | 76 | 11 | 6.2 | $6.2M | +11.4% | #144 of 1,889 |
| 5Llano County, TX | 74 | 8 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +9.5% | #195 of 1,889 |
| 6Wilson County, TX | 73 | 15 | 8.2 | $5.1M | +12.2% | #210 of 1,889 |
| 7San Jacinto County, TX | 71 | 6 | 5.5 | $6.2M | +7.1% | #240 of 1,889 |
| 8Coryell County, TX | 68 | 17 | 6.3 | $5.6M | +3.0% | #316 of 1,889 |
| 9Aransas County, TX | 67 | 9 | 7.2 | $5M | +9.3% | #342 of 1,889 |
| 10Fannin County, TX | 65 | 12 | 9.4 | $3.9M | +9.2% | #404 of 1,889 |
| 20Ellis County, TX | 59 | 80 | 11.1 | $3.9M | +24.0% | #592 of 1,889 |
Other business types in Ellis County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes68
- Sit-down restaurants74
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza73
- Coffee shops and cafes65
- Bakeries and dessert shops59
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Ellis County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 80 bakeries and dessert shops in Ellis County. 23 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 51 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 96.2% 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 also show 25 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ellis County, TX spend on food away from home?
About $312.3M a year, or $4,352 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 80 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 71,759 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, TX compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
Ellis County has 11.1 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.9M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Ellis County would have about 75, against 80 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,407 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 96.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 240,867 people in 2025, up 24.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,759 households. The median household income in Ellis County is $99,595 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.6% 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. Ellis County scores 59 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #592 of 1,889 scored counties.
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