Detroit, MI · Cafes and Bakeries

Cafes and Bakeries in Detroit, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 725 coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,653 people with $158.6 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

725

22nd most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

7,653

10.6 per business, against 12.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$158.6 million

$20,729 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

57%

of businesses, against 51% across all metros

Change since 2022

+5.8%

in the number of businesses (685 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Detroit.

  • Detroit is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, 22nd of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 10.6 employees.
  • The market grew: 40 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps cafes and bakeries in Detroit.

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

Quotes for custom and large orders

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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 Detroit

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

725 in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,653 people and paid $158.6 million in annual payroll.

Is the Detroit market for cafes and bakeries growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 685 to 725 (+5.8%).

What does VERA do for cafes and bakeries in Detroit?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Detroit 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 Detroit 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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