Los Angeles, CA · Cafes and Bakeries

Cafes and Bakeries in Los Angeles, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 5,117 coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 60,525 people with $1.5 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

5,117

2nd most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

60,525

11.8 per business, against 12.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.5 billion

$25,334 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

52%

of businesses, against 51% across all metros

Change since 2022

+6.0%

in the number of businesses (4,826 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Los Angeles.

  • Los Angeles is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, 2nd of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 11.8 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $25,334 per employee a year, against $21,432.
  • The market grew: 291 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Cafes and Bakeries in Los Angeles

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

5,117 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 60,525 people and paid $1.5 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Los Angeles market for cafes and bakeries growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 4,826 to 5,117 (+6.0%).

What does VERA do for cafes and bakeries in Los Angeles?

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