United States · food

🥐Opening a Bakery in Los Angeles: a location research guide

Los Angeles — A sprawling polycentric metropolis where catchment areas are defined by car commutes more than walking distance. If you're thinking about opening a bakery here, the difference between the right block and the wrong block is often a 30% revenue swing in the first year. This guide walks through what to look at on the map before you sign a lease.

Find one

Browse bakery in Los Angeles

Live OpenStreetMap data — every bakery currently mapped in Los Angeles, plotted by neighbourhood.

Open the map →

Open one

Researching opening a bakery?

The data below + a free interactive map showing competitor density, foot-traffic proxies and key catchment factors.

Start research →

Own one

Run a bakery in Los Angeles?

Claim your free AI-visible mini-page on findloc.ai — GPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI can cite you.

Find & claim →

What to look at on the map

For a bakery, the location factors that matter most are different from a generic retail store. When you scan Los Angeles on the interactive map, focus on these:

👣Foot-traffic proxy
Morning commuter foot traffic is the core market.
🏠Residential density (500m)
Weekend repeat customers come from within 1km.
👀Street visibility
Window display sells 30%+ of impulse purchases.
⚔️Direct competitors (1km)
Other bakeries within 500m split the market.

Where to look in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has several commercial districts where bakery businesses tend to cluster — useful both as starting points and as references for what "busy" looks like:

Downtown
Silver Lake
Venice
Santa Monica
Koreatown
West Hollywood

30 bakerys mapped in Los Angeles

Live from OpenStreetMap. Run one of these? Click Claim to get a free AI-visible mini-page on findloc.ai — your business cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity directly, not through aggregators.

Van BakeryUnclaimed
34.0985, -118.3076
Claim
Taron BakeryUnclaimed
4950 Hollywood Boulevard·site
Claim
Sasoun BakeryUnclaimed
34.0907, -118.3010
Claim
Friends and FamilyUnclaimed
5150 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles·site
Claim
Big Man BakesUnclaimed
413 South Main Street Los Angeles·site
Claim
Mush BakeryUnclaimed
34.0975, -118.3042
Claim
Papillon International BakeryUnclaimed
5019 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles·site
Claim
Yamazaki BakeryUnclaimed
123 Japanese Village Plaza Mall Los Angeles·site
Claim
Sprinkles CupcakesUnclaimed
34.0489, -118.2608
Claim
Good Time DonutsUnclaimed
34.0723, -118.2748
Claim
Proof BakeryUnclaimed
3156 Glendale Boulevard·site
Claim
85°CUnclaimed
3377 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles·site
Claim
Wonder BakeryUnclaimed
943 North Broadway Los Angeles·site
Claim
Butter Cake ShoppeUnclaimed
1627 Hillhurst Avenue Los Angeles·site
Claim
Amy's BakeryUnclaimed
633 North Spring Street Los Angeles
Claim

+ 15 more — see them all on the interactive map

Investment outlook

Before you commit, here's the real-world cost picture for a bakery:

Production bakery: NZ$100-200k / ¥40-80万 (ovens, proofers, mixers). Pickup-only without seating is much cheaper.

Common rookie mistakes

The mistakes that sink first-time bakery owners aren't the ones you read about in startup blogs. The recurring ones are:

⚠Underestimating labour cost of early-morning prep (3am starts)
⚠Skipping the cost of unsold inventory (bakery waste rates run 10-20%)

Open the interactive map

Ready to scan Los Angeles block by block? Open the interactive map below — every hexagon is clickable for a per-block research breakdown.

Explore Los Angeles for bakery →

Related guides for Los Angeles

Bakery guides for other cities

For vendors

Selling tools, supplies or services to bakerys?

We help B2B vendors get cited by AI when potential customers ask “best CRM for bakerys in Los Angeles” or “equipment supplier for bakerys near me.”

See GEO services for vendors →