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Coffee shops and cafes in Riverside County, CA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Riverside County, CA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #779 of 2,063 scored counties
#8 of 55 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 837
- 420 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 632
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +22.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.3B
- On food away from home · $4,319 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,544,916
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 837 coffee shops and cafes in Riverside County. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 10.8 per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in Riverside County spend about $3.3B a year on food away from home, or $4,319 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 8% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Riverside County was 632 in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,227 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. Official counts list 163 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 32 SBA-backed loans worth $9.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Riverside County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Riverside County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Riverside County has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #779 of 2,063 scored counties and #8 of 55 scored counties in California.
How Riverside County 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 | Riverside County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 14.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,227 | 1,010 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +22.7% | +13.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,319 | $4,559 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $93,074 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 515 → 632All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +22.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 8,082
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $197.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 163All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 837420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 904The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 32
- Amount
- $9.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Riverside 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 Riverside County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,544,916+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 775,335
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 7,209 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 344
- Median household income
- $93,074+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,893
- Median home value
- $557,300
- Jobs located here
- 814,658
- Daytime population
- 2,232,472Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuba County, CA | 80 | 21 | 7.3 | $5.2M | +8.2% | #110 of 2,063 |
| 2San Benito County, CA | 63 | 22 | 10.7 | $4.6M | +8.6% | #503 of 2,063 |
| 3Madera County, CA | 61 | 36 | 7.9 | $4.8M | +7.4% | #562 of 2,063 |
| 4Contra Costa County, CA | 59 | 400 | 9.7 | $5.4M | +0.3% | #638 of 2,063 |
| 5Solano County, CA | 58 | 157 | 10.0 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #690 of 2,063 |
| 6San Joaquin County, CA | 58 | 258 | 10.5 | $4.1M | +5.5% | #699 of 2,063 |
| 7Merced County, CA | 56 | 74 | 8.6 | $4.1M | +5.1% | #777 of 2,063 |
| 8Riverside County, CA | 56 | 837 | 10.8 | $4M | +5.0% | #779 of 2,063 |
| 9Kern County, CA | 50 | 272 | 9.5 | $3.9M | +2.3% | #998 of 2,063 |
| 10Placer County, CA | 50 | 251 | 15.9 | $3.1M | +8.9% | #1,017 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Riverside County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants64
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza67
- Coffee shops and cafes56
- Bakeries and dessert shops54
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Riverside County, CA?
There are 837 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Riverside County as of September 2026. 420 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 632 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 22.7% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts also show 163 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Riverside County, CA spend on food away from home?
About $3.3B a year, or $4,319 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 837 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 775,335 households in Riverside County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Riverside County, CA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Riverside County has 10.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Riverside County would have about 904, against 837 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,227 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 22.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Riverside County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Riverside County at 2,544,916 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 775,335 households. The median household income in Riverside County is $93,074 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Riverside County scores 56 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #779 of 2,063 scored counties.
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