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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Kerrville, TX area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Kerrville, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #286 of 507 scored small-town markets
#13 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas

Listings
22
10 chain locations (45%)
Official establishments
17
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$82.8M
On food away from home · $3,662 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
9% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,037
+2.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 bakeries and dessert shops in the Kerrville area. Chain locations make up 45% of them, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 9.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in the Kerrville area comes to about $82.8M a year: $3,662 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 9% 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 Kerrville area was 17 in 2023. That is one for every 1,330 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. Another 6 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Population estimates show the Kerrville area grew 2.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Kerrville area is 47 (lower middle), #286 of 507 scored small-town markets and #13 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas.

How the Kerrville 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 Kerrville, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureKerrville areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.711.89.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,3301,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,662$3,970$4,070
Median household income$69,395$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4745

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
111
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
6All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
2210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The 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 Kerrville 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 Kerrville area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,037+2.5% since 2020
Households
22,615
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,103 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$69,395+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,578
Median home value
$321,200
Jobs located here
18,958
Daytime population
49,388Residents 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 small-town markets in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Kerrville area marked.

Top small-town markets in Texas

Small-town markets in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bonham, TX70129.4$3.9M+9.2%#58 of 507
2Sulphur Springs, TX68117.9$4.6M+6.1%#72 of 507
3Big Spring, TX6086.6$5.5M−12.4%#142 of 507
4El Campo, TX601610.1$3.6M+1.2%#152 of 507
5Port Lavaca, TX5678.1$4.8M−2.3%#188 of 507
6Brenham, TX562214.2$2.7M+7.0%#195 of 507
7Del Rio, TX55116.5$5.1M+0.5%#203 of 507
8Granbury, TX543011.8$3.5M+13.6%#216 of 507
9Brownwood, TX53117.3$4.4M+1.7%#223 of 507
10Athens, TX503811.3$3.1M+7.5%#263 of 507
13Kerrville, TX47229.7$3.8M+2.5%#286 of 507

Other business types in the Kerrville 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 Kerrville, TX area?

There are 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Kerrville area as of September 2026. 10 of them (45%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023. That count covers all snack bars and retail bakeries (coffee shops and cafes included), not only bakeries and dessert shops. Official counts list 6 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Kerrville, TX area spend on food away from home?

About $82.8M a year, or $3,662 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 22,615 households in the Kerrville area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Kerrville, TX area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Kerrville area has 9.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Kerrville area would have about 20, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,330 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is the Kerrville, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the Kerrville area at 54,037 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 22,615 households. Median household income in the Kerrville area is $69,395, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Kerrville area scores 47 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #286 of 507 scored small-town markets.

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