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Coffee shops and cafes in Ada County, ID
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Ada County, ID, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,188 of 2,063 scored counties
#8 of 29 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 316
- 168 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 183
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +57.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $871.3M
- On food away from home · $4,302 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 546,141
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Ada County comes to about $871.3M a year: $4,302 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 316 coffee shops and cafes, that is $2.8M per cafe, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Ada County has 316 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 53% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ada County in 2023, up 57.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,107 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 27 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 21 SBA-backed loans worth $10.5M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ada County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ada County grew 9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Ada County is 46 (lower middle), #1,188 of 2,063 scored counties and #8 of 29 scored counties in Idaho.
How Ada County compares
The same measures for Idaho 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 | Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,107 | 1,148 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +57.8% | +45.4% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,302 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $91,502 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 116 → 183All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +57.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,538
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 27All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 316168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 235The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 21
- Amount
- $10.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Ada 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 Ada County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 546,141+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 202,543
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,052 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 493
- Median household income
- $91,502+38.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,631
- Median home value
- $512,300
- Jobs located here
- 294,737
- Daytime population
- 566,160Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bingham County, ID | 75 | 11 | 6.8 | $5.5M | +6.4% | #191 of 2,063 |
| 2Jefferson County, ID | 71 | 5 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +13.6% | #259 of 2,063 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 64 | 73 | 8.5 | $4.4M | +18.1% | #477 of 2,063 |
| 4Minidoka County, ID | 57 | 7 | 8.6 | $4.1M | +5.7% | #733 of 2,063 |
| 5Jerome County, ID | 55 | 9 | 10.9 | $3.4M | +8.6% | #828 of 2,063 |
| 6Gem County, ID | 50 | 9 | 11.8 | $3M | +13.0% | #1,019 of 2,063 |
| 7Bonneville County, ID | 48 | 52 | 11.8 | $3.3M | +8.9% | #1,109 of 2,063 |
| 8Ada County, ID | 46 | 316 | 15.6 | $2.8M | +9.6% | #1,188 of 2,063 |
| 9Bannock County, ID | 43 | 34 | 10.1 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #1,278 of 2,063 |
| 10Payette County, ID | 41 | 13 | 13.4 | $2.6M | +8.8% | #1,358 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Ada County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes60
- Sit-down restaurants70
- Fast food and sandwich shops61
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes46
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Ada County, ID?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 316 coffee shops and cafes in Ada County. 168 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 183 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 57.8% 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 list 27 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Ada County, ID spend on food away from home?
About $871.3M a year, or $4,302 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 316 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 202,543 households in Ada County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ada County, ID compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Ada County has 15.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $2.8M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Ada County would have about 235, against 316 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,107 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 57.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Ada County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Ada County at 546,141 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 202,543 households. Median household income in Ada County is $91,502, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.0%, 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. Ada County scores 46 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,188 of 2,063 scored counties.
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