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Coffee shops and cafes in Apache County, AZ
How Apache County, AZ compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 18 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,998 of 2,063 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in Arizona
- Listings
- 19
- 2 chain locations (11%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $60.7M
- On food away from home · $2,875 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 64,445
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Apache County has a Groundwork market score of 18 (low): #1,998 of 2,063 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in Arizona. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 coffee shops and cafes in Apache County. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 9.0 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Apache County comes to about $60.7M a year: $2,875 per household, 29% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per cafe, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Apache County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Apache County declined 2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Apache County compares
The same measures for Arizona 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 | Apache County | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,640 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +36.0% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,875 | $3,982 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $41,438 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 18 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 192 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Apache County, 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 Apache County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 64,445−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 21,100
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 11,198 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $41,438+27.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $59,034
- Median home value
- $63,700
- Jobs located here
- 14,607
- Daytime population
- 66,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Apache County marked.
Top counties in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinal County, AZ | 88 | 98 | 6.1 | $6.4M | +25.4% | #31 of 2,063 |
| 2Graham County, AZ | 68 | 7 | 5.5 | $6.3M | +4.0% | #344 of 2,063 |
| 3Yuma County, AZ | 67 | 56 | 7.1 | $4.7M | +9.2% | #383 of 2,063 |
| 4Mohave County, AZ | 56 | 86 | 8.4 | $3.9M | +6.5% | #786 of 2,063 |
| 5Maricopa County, AZ | 55 | 1,986 | 11.5 | $3.7M | +5.5% | #822 of 2,063 |
| 6Santa Cruz County, AZ | 53 | 14 | 8.3 | $3.9M | +4.8% | #897 of 2,063 |
| 7Pima County, AZ | 53 | 433 | 9.9 | $3.8M | +2.8% | #901 of 2,063 |
| 8Yavapai County, AZ | 49 | 130 | 11.7 | $3.1M | +6.5% | #1,067 of 2,063 |
| 9Navajo County, AZ | 41 | 50 | 12.5 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #1,361 of 2,063 |
| 10Gila County, AZ | 40 | 26 | 11.0 | $3M | +0.9% | #1,397 of 2,063 |
| 14Apache County, AZ | 18 | 19 | 9.0 | $3.2M | −2.2% | #1,998 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Apache County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants61
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes18
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Apache County, AZ?
There are 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Apache County as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Apache County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Apache County, AZ spend on food away from home?
About $60.7M a year, or $2,875 per household. That is 29% below the U.S. average (an index of 71, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,100 households in Apache County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Apache County, AZ compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Apache County has 9.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Apache County would have about 16, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Apache County, AZ growing?
Population estimates put Apache County at 64,445 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,100 households. The median household income in Apache County is $41,438 a year, 49% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Apache County scores 18 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,998 of 2,063 scored counties.
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