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Coffee shops and cafes in Honolulu County, HI
How Honolulu County, HI compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,792 of 2,063 scored counties
#2 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii
- Listings
- 608
- 203 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 364
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +15.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.6B
- On food away from home · $4,672 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.9
- 63% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 988,703
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Honolulu County scores 29 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,792 of 2,063 scored counties and #2 of 4 scored counties in Hawaii. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 608 coffee shops and cafes in Honolulu County. Of those, 203 are chain locations, or 33%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 17.9 for every 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $4,672 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Honolulu County spend about $1.6B a year on food away from home. That works out to $2.6M per cafe, 30% below 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 Honolulu County was 364 in 2023, up 15.9% from 2019. That is one for every 931 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. Since fiscal 2022, 19 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Honolulu County. Population estimates put the population change in Honolulu County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Honolulu County compares
The same measures for Hawaii 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 | Honolulu County | Hawaii | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.9 | 22.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 931 | 902 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.9% | +13.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | −1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,672 | $4,533 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $106,195 | $100,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 314 → 364All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +15.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,302
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $84.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 93All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 608203 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 428The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 19
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Honolulu 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 Honolulu County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 988,703−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 338,868
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 601 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,666
- Median household income
- $106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,603
- Median home value
- $897,500
- Jobs located here
- 441,980
- Daytime population
- 1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Hawaii
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hawaii County, HI | 34 | 231 | 31.2 | $1.3M | +4.6% | #1,640 of 2,063 |
| 2Honolulu County, HI | 29 | 608 | 17.9 | $2.6M | −2.3% | #1,792 of 2,063 |
| 3Kauai County, HI | 25 | 94 | 39.8 | $1.1M | +0.3% | #1,896 of 2,063 |
| 4Maui County, HI | 22 | 166 | 29.7 | $1.5M | −2.5% | #1,952 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Honolulu County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes31
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza56
- Coffee shops and cafes29
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Honolulu County, HI?
There are 608 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Honolulu County as of September 2026. 203 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 364 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 15.9% 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 93 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Honolulu County, HI spend on food away from home?
About $1.6B a year, or $4,672 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 608 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 338,868 households in Honolulu County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Honolulu County, HI compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Honolulu County has 17.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 63% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.6M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Honolulu County would have about 428, against 608 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 931 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Honolulu County, HI growing?
Population estimates put Honolulu County at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. The median household income in Honolulu County is $106,195 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Honolulu County scores 29 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,792 of 2,063 scored counties.
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