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Coffee shops and cafes in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #363 of 387 scored metro areas
#20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 7,105
- 3,032 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 5,117
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +13.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.1B
- On food away from home · $4,473 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.8
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,844,441
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is 25 (lower middle), #363 of 387 scored metro areas and #20 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7,105 coffee shops and cafes in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 15.8 for every 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $4,473 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area spend about $20.1B a year on food away from home. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 24% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5,117 businesses with payroll in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 13.5% from 2019. That is one for every 879 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 197 SBA-backed loans worth $86.8M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Population estimates show the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area declined 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.8 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 879 | 1,010 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.5% | +13.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,473 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $95,958 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5,117All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +13.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 60,525
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 870All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7,1053,032 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5,435The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 197
- Amount
- $86.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,499,409
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 4,854 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2,673
- Median household income
- $95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $135,506
- Median home value
- $871,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,588,635
- Daytime population
- 13,463,378Residents 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 |
| 20Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 25 | 7,105 | 15.8 | $2.8M | −2.6% | #363 of 387 |
Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants24
- Fast food and sandwich shops47
- Pizza51
- Coffee shops and cafes25
- Bakeries and dessert shops25
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?
There are 7,105 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area as of September 2026. 3,032 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5,117 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 13.5% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Another 870 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on food away from home?
About $20.1B a year, or $4,473 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7,105 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 15.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.8M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 5,435, against 7,105 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 879 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 25 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #363 of 387 scored metro areas.
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