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Coffee shops and cafes in Eagle County, CO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Eagle County, CO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,842 of 2,063 scored counties
#31 of 36 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 49
- 13 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $103.1M
- On food away from home · $4,676 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 43% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.2
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,291
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, Eagle County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,842 of 2,063 scored counties and #31 of 36 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on food away from home in Eagle County comes to about $103.1M a year: $4,676 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per cafe, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Eagle County has 49 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 13 of them (27%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 22.2 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Eagle County in 2023. That is one for every 1,103 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. Population estimates put the population change in Eagle County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Eagle County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Eagle County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.2 | 13.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $3.2M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,103 | 1,351 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,676 | $4,421 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $104,096 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 17 → 20All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 340
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 4All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4913 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 28The 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 Eagle 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 Eagle County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,291−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 22,058
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,685 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $104,096+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $149,170
- Median home value
- $839,500
- Jobs located here
- 36,343
- Daytime population
- 60,203Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Eagle County?
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Eagle County marked.
Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Elbert County, CO | 89 | 10 | 10.0 | $5.2M | +16.5% | #28 of 2,063 |
| 2Adams County, CO | 74 | 153 | 8.1 | $5.3M | +6.6% | #208 of 2,063 |
| 3Douglas County, CO | 73 | 144 | 10.3 | $5.5M | +10.9% | #237 of 2,063 |
| 4Broomfield County, CO | 71 | 31 | 9.8 | $5.2M | +6.3% | #275 of 2,063 |
| 5Park County, CO | 66 | 11 | 12.2 | $3.6M | +5.1% | #415 of 2,063 |
| 6Weld County, CO | 62 | 143 | 11.5 | $3.8M | +14.2% | #550 of 2,063 |
| 7Arapahoe County, CO | 57 | 283 | 11.0 | $4.2M | +2.8% | #731 of 2,063 |
| 8Pueblo County, CO | 54 | 54 | 7.9 | $4.4M | +0.6% | #846 of 2,063 |
| 9Jefferson County, CO | 51 | 277 | 11.5 | $4.2M | −0.5% | #972 of 2,063 |
| 10El Paso County, CO | 49 | 377 | 13.0 | $3.3M | +3.2% | #1,063 of 2,063 |
| 31Eagle County, CO | 27 | 49 | 22.2 | $2.1M | −2.4% | #1,842 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Eagle County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes23
- Sit-down restaurants22
- Fast food and sandwich shops52
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes27
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Eagle County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 coffee shops and cafes in Eagle County. 13 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 20 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 4 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Eagle County, CO spend on food away from home?
About $103.1M a year, or $4,676 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 22,058 households in Eagle County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Eagle County, CO compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Eagle County has 22.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.1M, 43% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Eagle County would have about 28, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,103 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Eagle County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Eagle County at 54,291 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 22,058 households. Median household income in Eagle County is $104,096, 29% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.8%, 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. Eagle County scores 27 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,842 of 2,063 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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