Tampa, FL · Cafes and Bakeries

Cafes and Bakeries in Tampa, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 627 coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area in 2023, employing 7,316 people with $146.2 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

627

24th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

7,316

11.7 per business, against 12.0 across all metros

Annual payroll

$146.2 million

$19,979 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

49%

of businesses, against 51% across all metros

Change since 2022

+5.4%

in the number of businesses (595 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Tampa.

  • Tampa is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of coffee shops, snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, 24th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 11.7 employees.
  • The market grew: 32 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps cafes and bakeries in Tampa.

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Quotes for custom and large orders

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Deposits that hold the date

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A receptionist for the rush

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Questions

Cafes and Bakeries in Tampa

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

627 in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 7,316 people and paid $146.2 million in annual payroll.

Is the Tampa market for cafes and bakeries growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 595 to 627 (+5.4%).

What does VERA do for cafes and bakeries in Tampa?

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