Austin, TX · Cafes and Bakeries

Cafes and Bakeries in Austin, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 737 coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 8,620 people with $195.9 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

737

21st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

8,620

11.7 per business, against 12.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$195.9 million

$22,731 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

50%

of businesses, against 51% across all metros

Change since 2022

+12.3%

in the number of businesses (656 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Austin.

  • Austin is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, 21st of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 11.7 employees.
  • The market grew: 81 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps cafes and bakeries in Austin.

The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.

Quotes for custom and large orders

Cakes, trays, and office mornings priced from your own rates. The customer accepts the quote from a link on their phone.

Deposits that hold the date

Each quote can carry a deposit with a card payment link, and VERA flags any order whose deposit has not landed.

A receptionist for the rush

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Questions

Cafes and Bakeries in Austin

How many coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars are there in Austin?

737 in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 8,620 people and paid $195.9 million in annual payroll.

Is the Austin market for cafes and bakeries growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 656 to 737 (+12.3%).

What does VERA do for cafes and bakeries in Austin?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Austin business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Cafes and Bakeries in other markets

Other Austin markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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