Food and drink · Metro area · California
Coffee shops and cafes in the Fresno, CA metro area
How the Fresno, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #253 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 382
- 207 chain locations (54%)
- Official establishments
- 282
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +29.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.4B
- On food away from home · $3,835 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 6% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,203,383
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $3,835 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in the Fresno metro area spend about $1.4B a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.7M per cafe, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 382 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Fresno metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 207 are chain locations, or 54%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 10.3 per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 282 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fresno metro area in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019. That is one for every 1,312 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 65 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $3.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fresno metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fresno metro area grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Fresno metro area is 43 (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 25 scored metro areas based in California.
How the Fresno metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | Fresno metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,312 | 1,010 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +29.4% | +13.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,835 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $74,468 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 282All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +29.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 3,861
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $87.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 65All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 382207 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 383The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $3.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fresno 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 Fresno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,203,383+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 370,081
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,095 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $74,468
- Average household income
- $100,662
- Median home value
- $389,400
- Jobs located here
- 466,033
- Daytime population
- 1,171,895Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in California, with the Fresno metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba City, CA | 66 | 51 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +3.3% | #68 of 387 |
| 2Vallejo, CA | 59 | 157 | 10.0 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #119 of 387 |
| 3Stockton-Lodi, CA | 59 | 258 | 10.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #124 of 387 |
| 4Merced, CA | 54 | 74 | 8.6 | $4.1M | +5.1% | #163 of 387 |
| 5Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 52 | 1,534 | 10.6 | $4M | +3.5% | #179 of 387 |
| 6Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 45 | 272 | 9.5 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #230 of 387 |
| 7Visalia, CA | 44 | 129 | 9.0 | $4.1M | +2.4% | #237 of 387 |
| 8Fresno, CA | 43 | 382 | 10.3 | $3.7M | +3.2% | #253 of 387 |
| 9Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 42 | 1,222 | 13.9 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #263 of 387 |
| 10Hanford-Corcoran, CA | 41 | 40 | 9.1 | $4M | +1.0% | #267 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fresno metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops35
- Pizza43
- Coffee shops and cafes43
- Bakeries and dessert shops37
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Fresno, CA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 382 coffee shops and cafes in the Fresno metro area. 207 of them (54%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 282 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 29.4% from 2019. 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 65 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Fresno, CA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.4B a year, or $3,835 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 382 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 370,081 households in the Fresno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fresno, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Fresno metro area has 10.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 6% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Fresno metro area would have about 383, against 382 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,312 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 29.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fresno, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fresno metro area at 1,203,383 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 370,081 households. Median household income in the Fresno metro area is $74,468, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Fresno metro area scores 43 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #253 of 387 scored metro areas.
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