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Bakeries and dessert shops in Randall County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in Randall County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #706 of 1,889 scored counties
#29 of 147 scored counties in Texas

Listings
53
17 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
44
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +76.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$225.4M
On food away from home · $3,968 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
3% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.3
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,351
+7.9% 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 53 bakeries and dessert shops in Randall County. Of those, 17 are chain locations, or 32%, against 35% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Household spending on food away from home in Randall County comes to about $225.4M a year: $3,968 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 53 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $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 Randall County was 44 in 2023, up 76.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,291 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 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $953K have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Randall County.

Population estimates show Randall County grew 7.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, Randall County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #706 of 1,889 scored counties and #29 of 147 scored counties in Texas.

How Randall 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.

Bakeries and dessert shops in Randall County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureRandall CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.311.89.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,2911,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+76.0%+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.9%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,968$3,970$4,070
Median household income$83,864$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5645

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
25 → 44All snack bars and retail bakeries · +76.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
483
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
14All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5317 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$953K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in Randall 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 Randall County

Population, 2025 estimate
152,351+7.9% since 2020
Households
56,807
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
913 sq. mi.
People per square mile
160
Median household income
$83,864+22.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,471
Median home value
$238,800
Jobs located here
40,583
Daytime population
116,975Residents 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 counties in Texas for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Randall County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Waller County, TX90126.5$6.3M+21.9%#17 of 1,889
2Guadalupe County, TX80416.3$6.7M+15.8%#86 of 1,889
3Bastrop County, TX78277.3$5.5M+21.3%#118 of 1,889
4Medina County, TX76116.2$6.2M+11.4%#144 of 1,889
5Llano County, TX7487.4$5.1M+9.5%#195 of 1,889
6Wilson County, TX73158.2$5.1M+12.2%#210 of 1,889
7San Jacinto County, TX7165.5$6.2M+7.1%#240 of 1,889
8Coryell County, TX68176.3$5.6M+3.0%#316 of 1,889
9Aransas County, TX6797.2$5M+9.3%#342 of 1,889
10Fannin County, TX65129.4$3.9M+9.2%#404 of 1,889
29Randall County, TX56539.3$4.3M+7.9%#706 of 1,889

Other business types in Randall County

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

Questions

How many bakeries and dessert shops are in Randall County, TX?

There are 53 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Randall County as of September 2026. 17 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 44 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 76.0% 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 14 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Randall County, TX spend on food away from home?

About $225.4M a year, or $3,968 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 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 56,807 households in Randall County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Randall County has 9.3 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $4.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Randall County would have about 54, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,291 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 76.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is Randall County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Randall County at 152,351 people in 2025, up 7.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 56,807 households. Median household income in Randall County is $83,864, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.9%, 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. 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. Randall County scores 56 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #706 of 1,889 scored counties.

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