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Bakeries and dessert shops in Tom Green County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,617 of 1,889 scored counties
#116 of 147 scored counties in Texas

Listings
52
19 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
32
All snack bars and retail bakeries
Household spending a year
$164.5M
On food away from home · $3,519 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
11.1
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
120,602
+0.4% since 2020

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What this means

For bakeries and dessert shops, Tom Green County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,617 of 1,889 scored counties and #116 of 147 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 52 bakeries and dessert shops in Tom Green County. 19 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 11.1 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Households in Tom Green County spend about $164.5M a year on food away from home, or $3,519 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 52 bakeries and dessert shops, that is $3.2M per shop, 24% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Tom Green County classed as snack bars and retail bakeries. That is one for every 1,461 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. Population estimates put the population change in Tom Green County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Tom Green 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 Tom Green County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTom Green CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households11.111.89.8
Spending per listing$3.2M$3.4M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,4611,3351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+37.6%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,519$3,970$4,070
Median household income$68,370$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score3045

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15 → 32All snack bars and retail bakeries
Employees, 2023
334
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
11All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5219 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
40The 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 Tom Green 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 Tom Green County

Population, 2025 estimate
120,602+0.4% since 2020
Households
46,756
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,522 sq. mi.
People per square mile
79
Median household income
$68,370+26.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,590
Median home value
$197,000
Jobs located here
47,889
Daytime population
118,619Residents 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 Tom Green 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
116Tom Green County, TX305211.1$3.2M+0.4%#1,617 of 1,889

Other business types in Tom Green County

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

Questions

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

There are 52 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in Tom Green County as of September 2026. 19 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 32 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 11 one-person businesses without payroll.

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

About $164.5M a year, or $3,519 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 52 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 46,756 households in Tom Green County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tom Green 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 $3.2M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, Tom Green County would have about 40, against 52 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,461 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S.

How fast is Tom Green County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tom Green County at 120,602 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,756 households. Median household income in Tom Green County is $68,370, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.8%, 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. Tom Green County scores 30 for bakeries and dessert shops (lower middle), #1,617 of 1,889 scored counties.

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