San Francisco, CA · Cafes and Bakeries

Cafes and Bakeries in San Francisco, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,876 coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area in 2023, employing 22,347 people with $577.5 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,876

6th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

22,347

11.9 per business, against 12.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$577.5 million

$25,844 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

52%

of businesses, against 51% across all metros

Change since 2022

+2.9%

in the number of businesses (1,824 in 2022)

What the numbers say about San Francisco.

  • San Francisco is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, 6th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 11.9 employees.
  • Pay runs above the metro average: $25,844 per employee a year, against $21,432.
  • The market grew: 52 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps cafes and bakeries in San Francisco.

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Quotes for custom and large orders

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Deposits that hold the date

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Questions

Cafes and Bakeries in San Francisco

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

1,876 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 22,347 people and paid $577.5 million in annual payroll.

Is the San Francisco market for cafes and bakeries growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,824 to 1,876 (+2.9%).

What does VERA do for cafes and bakeries in San Francisco?

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