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Coffee shops and cafes in the Jacksonville, FL metro area

The coffee shops and cafes in the Jacksonville, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #64 of 387 scored metro areas
#12 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
631
292 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
358
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +38.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.6B
On food away from home · $3,963 a household
Spending per listing
$4.2M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.5
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,785,500
+10.7% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on food away from home in the Jacksonville metro area comes to about $2.6B a year: $3,963 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 631 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.2M per cafe, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Jacksonville metro area has 631 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 292 are chain locations, or 46%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 9.5 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 358 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Jacksonville metro area in 2023, up 38.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,852 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 list 112 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 25 SBA-backed loans worth $14.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Jacksonville metro area.

Population estimates show the Jacksonville metro area grew 10.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Jacksonville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #64 of 387 scored metro areas and #12 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Jacksonville metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Jacksonville, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureJacksonville metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.510.411.0
Spending per listing$4.2M$3.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,8521,9101,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+38.8%+35.2%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.7%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,963$3,841$4,070
Median household income$79,643$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6760

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
358All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +38.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
4,400
Annual payroll, 2023
$79.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
112All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
631292 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
710The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
25
Amount
$14.9M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,785,500+10.7% since 2020
Households
663,101
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
3,202 sq. mi.
People per square mile
526
Median household income
$79,643+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,638
Median home value
$343,400
Jobs located here
779,445
Daytime population
1,697,743Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Jacksonville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL89365.1$7.3M+21.1%#1 of 387
2Punta Gorda, FL80637.0$5.2M+15.5%#9 of 387
3Ocala, FL79955.8$5.8M+17.3%#11 of 387
4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL792016.9$5M+19.8%#14 of 387
5Homosassa Springs, FL78375.2$6.3M+11.1%#17 of 387
6Port St. Lucie, FL761617.8$4.8M+16.0%#23 of 387
7Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL74588.2$4.7M+7.7%#31 of 387
8Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL703049.3$4.1M+14.4%#43 of 387
9Sebring, FL69326.8$4.6M+9.7%#52 of 387
10Naples-Marco Island, FL6917010.2$4.2M+10.6%#53 of 387
12Jacksonville, FL676319.5$4.2M+10.7%#64 of 387

Other business types in the Jacksonville metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Jacksonville, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 631 coffee shops and cafes in the Jacksonville metro area. 292 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 358 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 38.8% 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. Official counts also show 112 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Jacksonville, FL metro area spend on food away from home?

About $2.6B a year, or $3,963 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 631 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 663,101 households in the Jacksonville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jacksonville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Jacksonville metro area has 9.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.2M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Jacksonville metro area would have about 710, against 631 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,852 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Jacksonville, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jacksonville metro area at 1,785,500 people in 2025, up 10.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 663,101 households. Median household income in the Jacksonville metro area is $79,643, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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 Jacksonville metro area scores 67 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #64 of 387 scored metro areas.

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