Food and drink · Metro area · Alabama
Coffee shops and cafes in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #255 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 67
- 11 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $215.4M
- On food away from home · $3,389 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 156,609
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area spend about $215.4M a year on food away from home, or $3,389 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Spread across 67 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.2M per cafe, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area has 67 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 10.5 for every 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 2,354 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 43 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #255 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the coffee shops and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 7.7 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $4.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,354 | 2,548 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +61.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,389 | $3,519 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $61,891 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6711 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3. These official figures cover all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Population and households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 156,609+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 63,559
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,261 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 122
- Median household income
- $61,891+28.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,683
- Median home value
- $187,400
- Jobs located here
- 54,714
- Daytime population
- 149,641Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Huntsville, AL | 71 | 211 | 10.2 | $4M | +12.5% | #40 of 387 |
| 2Tuscaloosa, AL | 69 | 68 | 6.4 | $5.4M | +2.9% | #45 of 387 |
| 3Birmingham, AL | 68 | 345 | 7.4 | $5.1M | +1.4% | #55 of 387 |
| 4Decatur, AL | 67 | 48 | 7.7 | $4.7M | +2.5% | #61 of 387 |
| 5Montgomery, AL | 66 | 92 | 6.1 | $5.7M | +0.9% | #66 of 387 |
| 6Anniston-Oxford, AL | 57 | 27 | 6.0 | $5.3M | −0.3% | #129 of 387 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | 57 | 84 | 6.6 | $5.1M | −1.3% | #130 of 387 |
| 7Mobile, AL | 57 | 112 | 6.9 | $4.9M | −0.7% | #132 of 387 |
| 8Auburn-Opelika, AL | 56 | 64 | 8.3 | $4.2M | +7.1% | #140 of 387 |
| 9Gadsden, AL | 54 | 28 | 7.1 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #160 of 387 |
| 12Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 43 | 67 | 10.5 | $3.2M | +3.5% | #255 of 387 |
Other business types in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes48
- Sit-down restaurants46
- Fast food and sandwich shops29
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops69
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 67 coffee shops and cafes in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area. 11 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $215.4M a year, or $3,389 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 67 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per cafe. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 63,559 households in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area has 10.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area would have about 58, against 67 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,354 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area at 156,609 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 63,559 households. Median household income in the Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area is $61,891, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Florence-Muscle Shoals metro area scores 43 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #255 of 387 scored metro areas.
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