Food and drink · Metro area · Idaho
Coffee shops and cafes in the Pocatello, ID metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Pocatello, ID metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #300 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 34
- 12 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $118.7M
- On food away from home · $3,533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.1
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Pocatello metro area scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #300 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 coffee shops and cafes in the Pocatello metro area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.1, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in the Pocatello metro area comes to about $118.7M a year: $3,533 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per cafe, 6% 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 the Pocatello metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 1,244 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, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Pocatello metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pocatello metro area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Pocatello metro area 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 | Pocatello metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.1 | 15.1 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.6M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,244 | 1,148 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.4% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,533 | $3,857 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 319
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Pocatello 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 Pocatello metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pocatello metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan, UT-ID | 80 | 31 | 6.3 | $6.3M | +8.8% | #8 of 387 |
| 1Idaho Falls, ID | 47 | 60 | 10.8 | $3.6M | +9.8% | #217 of 387 |
| 2Boise City, ID | 46 | 414 | 13.6 | $3M | +12.2% | #228 of 387 |
| 3Pocatello, ID | 37 | 34 | 10.1 | $3.5M | +4.9% | #300 of 387 |
| 4Twin Falls, ID | 33 | 60 | 13.9 | $2.6M | +8.1% | #327 of 387 |
| 5Coeur d’Alene, ID | 32 | 146 | 20.5 | $1.9M | +11.0% | #334 of 387 |
| 6Lewiston, ID-WA | 25 | 32 | 12.0 | $3.1M | +1.5% | #362 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pocatello metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes42
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops41
- Pizza60
- Coffee shops and cafes37
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Pocatello, ID metro area?
The Pocatello metro area has 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
How much do households in the Pocatello, ID metro area spend on food away from home?
About $118.7M a year, or $3,533 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 33,590 households in the Pocatello metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pocatello, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Pocatello metro area has 10.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Pocatello metro area would have about 32, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,244 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pocatello, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pocatello metro area at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. The median household income in the Pocatello metro area is $66,499 a year, 18% below 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 Pocatello metro area scores 37 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #300 of 387 scored metro areas.
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