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Bakeries and dessert shops in the Green Bay, WI metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for bakeries and dessert shops in the Green Bay, WI metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #72 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
105
32 chain locations (30%)
Official establishments
77
All snack bars and retail bakeries · +87.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$538.8M
On food away from home · $3,959 a household
Spending per listing
$5.1M
24% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
336,756
+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 105 bakeries and dessert shops in the Green Bay metro area. 32 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 35% across the U.S. That comes to 7.7 for every 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 9.8.

Households in the Green Bay metro area spend about $538.8M a year on food away from home, or $3,959 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 24% 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 Green Bay metro area was 77 in 2023, up 87.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,768 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Green Bay metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Green Bay metro area grew 2.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For bakeries and dessert shops, the Green Bay metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #72 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Green Bay metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Green Bay, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureGreen Bay metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.77.69.8
Spending per listing$5.1M$5.2M$4.1M
Households per official establishment (all snack bars and retail bakeries)1,7681,7351,369
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+87.5%+35.1%+24.6%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,959$3,959$4,070
Median household income$79,267$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6564

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
77All snack bars and retail bakeries · +87.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,047
Annual payroll, 2023
$20.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
5All snack bars and retail bakeries with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
10532 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
130The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
6
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in the Green Bay metro 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 Green Bay metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
336,756+2.5% since 2020
Households
136,101
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,870 sq. mi.
People per square mile
177
Median household income
$79,267+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$101,173
Median home value
$257,300
Jobs located here
173,676
Daytime population
339,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Bakeries and dessert shops across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for bakeries and dessert shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Green Bay metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for bakeries and dessert shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI779696.6$7M+2.6%#9 of 387
1Oshkosh-Neenah, WI74385.2$7.3M+1.4%#18 of 387
2Fond du Lac, WI72235.3$7.2M+0.5%#27 of 387
3Janesville-Beloit, WI71477.0$5.4M+1.7%#30 of 387
4Madison, WI692448.1$5.3M+4.1%#44 of 387
5Appleton, WI68747.4$5.6M+2.7%#51 of 387
6Eau Claire, WI68507.0$5.5M+2.6%#52 of 387
7Wausau, WI67315.4$7.3M+1.0%#55 of 387
8Kenosha, WI67527.5$5.4M−0.4%#59 of 387
Duluth, MN-WI65816.7$5.6M+0.2%#71 of 387
9Green Bay, WI651057.7$5.1M+2.5%#72 of 387

Other business types in the Green Bay metro 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 Green Bay, WI metro area?

There are 105 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings in the Green Bay metro area as of September 2026. 32 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count bakeries, ice cream, donut and dessert shops, candy stores. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as snack bars and retail bakeries in 2023, up 87.5% 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 5 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Green Bay, WI metro area spend on food away from home?

About $538.8M a year, or $3,959 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 105 bakeries and dessert shops on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 136,101 households in the Green Bay metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Green Bay, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for bakeries and dessert shops?

The Green Bay metro area has 7.7 bakeries and dessert shops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 9.8. Spending per shop is $5.1M, 24% above the U.S. figure of $4.1M. At the national ratio of bakeries and dessert shops to household spending, the Green Bay metro area would have about 130, against 105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,768 households, against one for every 1,369 across the U.S. The official count rose 87.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.6% for the U.S.

How fast is the Green Bay, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Green Bay metro area at 336,756 people in 2025, up 2.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 136,101 households. Median household income in the Green Bay metro area is $79,267, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.0%, 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. The Green Bay metro area scores 65 for bakeries and dessert shops (upper middle), #72 of 387 scored metro areas.

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