Food and drink · Small-town market · Texas
Bakeries and dessert shops in the Kingsville, TX area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Kingsville, TX area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #377 of 507 scored small-town markets
#20 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 9
- 3 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Household spending a year
- $38.5M
- On food away from home · $3,246 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.3M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.6
- 22% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,315
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 bakeries and dessert shops in the Kingsville area. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.6, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.
Household spending on food away from home in the Kingsville area comes to about $38.5M a year: $3,246 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M per shop, 3% above 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 Kingsville area was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,976 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 $2.2M has gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Kingsville area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Kingsville area declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for bakeries and dessert shops in the Kingsville area is 38 (lower middle), #377 of 507 scored small-town markets and #20 of 39 scored small-town markets based in Texas.
How the Kingsville 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 | Kingsville area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.6 | 11.8 | 9.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.3M | $3.4M | $4.1M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries) | 1,976 | 1,335 | 1,369 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +37.6% | +24.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,246 | $3,970 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,292 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6All snack bars and retail bakeries
- Employees, 2023
- 43
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $885K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 93 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $2.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Kingsville 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 Kingsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,315−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 11,853
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 53%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 881 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 35
- Median household income
- $61,292
- Average household income
- $72,637
- Median home value
- $161,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,003
- Daytime population
- 27,479Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Kingsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bonham, TX | 70 | 12 | 9.4 | $3.9M | +9.2% | #58 of 507 |
| 2Sulphur Springs, TX | 68 | 11 | 7.9 | $4.6M | +6.1% | #72 of 507 |
| 3Big Spring, TX | 60 | 8 | 6.6 | $5.5M | −12.4% | #142 of 507 |
| 4El Campo, TX | 60 | 16 | 10.1 | $3.6M | +1.2% | #152 of 507 |
| 5Port Lavaca, TX | 56 | 7 | 8.1 | $4.8M | −2.3% | #188 of 507 |
| 6Brenham, TX | 56 | 22 | 14.2 | $2.7M | +7.0% | #195 of 507 |
| 7Del Rio, TX | 55 | 11 | 6.5 | $5.1M | +0.5% | #203 of 507 |
| 8Granbury, TX | 54 | 30 | 11.8 | $3.5M | +13.6% | #216 of 507 |
| 9Brownwood, TX | 53 | 11 | 7.3 | $4.4M | +1.7% | #223 of 507 |
| 10Athens, TX | 50 | 38 | 11.3 | $3.1M | +7.5% | #263 of 507 |
| 20Kingsville, TX | 38 | 9 | 7.6 | $4.3M | −2.2% | #377 of 507 |
Other business types in the Kingsville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes14
- Sit-down restaurants17
- Fast food and sandwich shops12
- Pizza36
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
Groceries and convenience
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Fitness and classes
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Questions
How many bakeries and dessert shops are in the Kingsville, TX area?
The Kingsville area has 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 6 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.
How much do households in the Kingsville, TX area spend on food away from home?
About $38.5M a year, or $3,246 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 11,853 households in the Kingsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kingsville, TX area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?
The Kingsville area has 7.6 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 22% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,976 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kingsville, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Kingsville area at 30,315 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 11,853 households. Median household income in the Kingsville area is $61,292, 24% below 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. 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 Kingsville area scores 38 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #377 of 507 scored small-town markets.
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