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Coffee shops and cafes in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #54 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 241
- 100 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 122
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +43.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1B
- On food away from home · $3,912 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 663,982
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area comes to about $1B a year: $3,912 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 241 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area as of September 2026. 100 of them (41%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 9.4 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 122 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area in 2023, up 43.5% from 2019. That is one for every 2,112 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. Another 29 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $3.7M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is 69 (upper middle), #54 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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.
| Measure | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 10.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,112 | 1,910 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +43.5% | +35.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,912 | $3,841 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,476 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 122All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +43.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,347
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $28M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 241100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 272The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $3.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 663,982+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 257,695
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,015 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 623
- Median household income
- $78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,213
- Median home value
- $339,600
- Jobs located here
- 240,501
- Daytime population
- 606,489Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 36 | 5.1 | $7.3M | +21.1% | #1 of 387 |
| 2Punta Gorda, FL | 80 | 63 | 7.0 | $5.2M | +15.5% | #9 of 387 |
| 3Ocala, FL | 79 | 95 | 5.8 | $5.8M | +17.3% | #11 of 387 |
| 4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 79 | 201 | 6.9 | $5M | +19.8% | #14 of 387 |
| 5Homosassa Springs, FL | 78 | 37 | 5.2 | $6.3M | +11.1% | #17 of 387 |
| 6Port St. Lucie, FL | 76 | 161 | 7.8 | $4.8M | +16.0% | #23 of 387 |
| 7Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 74 | 58 | 8.2 | $4.7M | +7.7% | #31 of 387 |
| 8Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 70 | 304 | 9.3 | $4.1M | +14.4% | #43 of 387 |
| 9Sebring, FL | 69 | 32 | 6.8 | $4.6M | +9.7% | #52 of 387 |
| 10Naples-Marco Island, FL | 69 | 170 | 10.2 | $4.2M | +10.6% | #53 of 387 |
| 11Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 69 | 241 | 9.4 | $4.2M | +9.1% | #54 of 387 |
Other business types in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants51
- Fast food and sandwich shops82
- Pizza75
- Coffee shops and cafes69
- Bakeries and dessert shops62
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 241 coffee shops and cafes in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. 100 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 122 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 43.5% 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 list 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $1B a year, or $3,912 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 241 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 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 9.4 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.2M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 272, against 241 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,112 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 43.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 69 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #54 of 387 scored metro areas.
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