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Coffee shops and cafes in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area
How the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #164 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut
- Listings
- 440
- 181 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 340
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On food away from home · $4,991 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 9% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.4
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 978,179
- +3.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area spend about $1.8B a year on food away from home, or $4,991 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per cafe, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area has 440 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 181 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 12.4 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 340 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,044 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 41 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 9 SBA-backed loans worth $2.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area.
Population estimates show the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area grew 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area is 54 (upper middle), #164 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Connecticut.
How the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area compares
The same measures for Connecticut 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 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area | Connecticut | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,044 | 1,238 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.7% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,991 | $4,498 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $114,565 | $95,781 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 340All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 3,350
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $80.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 41All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 440181 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 478The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 9
- Amount
- $2.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 978,179+3.7% since 2020
- Households
- 355,012
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 672 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,422
- Median household income
- $114,565
- Average household income
- $189,223
- Median home value
- $564,500
- Jobs located here
- 399,663
- Daytime population
- 939,733Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Connecticut market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Connecticut for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Connecticut
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 69 | 159 | 8.8 | $4.8M | +3.2% | #48 of 387 |
| 2Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | 57 | 476 | 10.2 | $4.3M | +3.0% | #136 of 387 |
| 3Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 54 | 440 | 12.4 | $4M | +3.7% | #164 of 387 |
| 4New Haven, CT | 45 | 276 | 12.0 | $3.6M | +2.5% | #232 of 387 |
| 5Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | 44 | 136 | 11.7 | $3.5M | +2.0% | #241 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes56
- Sit-down restaurants49
- Fast food and sandwich shops64
- Pizza55
- Coffee shops and cafes54
- Bakeries and dessert shops47
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 440 coffee shops and cafes in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area. 181 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 340 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 41 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1.8B a year, or $4,991 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 440 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 355,012 households in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area has 12.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area would have about 478, against 440 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,044 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area at 978,179 people in 2025, up 3.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 355,012 households. Median household income in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area is $114,565, 42% above 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 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area scores 54 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #164 of 387 scored metro areas.
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