Food and drink · Metro area · Illinois
Coffee shops and cafes in the Bloomington, IL metro area
How the Bloomington, IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #104 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 68
- 28 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +30.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $284.9M
- On food away from home · $4,057 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.7
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 171,419
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 68 coffee shops and cafes in the Bloomington metro area. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.7, 12% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $4,057 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Bloomington metro area spend about $284.9M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.2M per cafe, 13% above 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 Bloomington metro area was 30 in 2023, up 30.4% from 2019. That is one for every 2,341 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. Official counts also show 5 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bloomington metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Bloomington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Bloomington metro area is 61 (upper middle), #104 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Bloomington metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Bloomington metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.7 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,341 | 1,881 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +30.4% | +22.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,057 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,905 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +30.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 559
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6828 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 77The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Bloomington 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 Bloomington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 171,419+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 70,220
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,183 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $79,905+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,003
- Median home value
- $208,400
- Jobs located here
- 88,959
- Daytime population
- 180,672Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bloomington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 69 | 952 | 8.2 | $5M | −0.2% | #46 of 387 |
| 1Rockford, IL | 67 | 95 | 7.0 | $5.3M | −0.3% | #57 of 387 |
| 2Bloomington, IL | 61 | 68 | 9.7 | $4.2M | +0.1% | #104 of 387 |
| 3Decatur, IL | 59 | 31 | 7.1 | $5M | −4.3% | #117 of 387 |
| 4Peoria, IL | 56 | 127 | 8.3 | $4.7M | −1.3% | #139 of 387 |
| 5Springfield, IL | 55 | 82 | 9.1 | $4.3M | −1.2% | #150 of 387 |
| 6Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 52 | 3,999 | 11.0 | $4M | 0.0% | #178 of 387 |
| 7Champaign-Urbana, IL | 50 | 91 | 9.3 | $4M | +1.5% | #193 of 387 |
| 8Kankakee, IL | 47 | 40 | 9.8 | $3.9M | −1.7% | #215 of 387 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 40 | 42 | 11.0 | $3.3M | +1.7% | #277 of 387 |
Other business types in the Bloomington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes66
- Sit-down restaurants63
- Fast food and sandwich shops46
- Pizza39
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops74
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Bloomington, IL metro area?
The Bloomington metro area has 68 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 28 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 30.4% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Another 5 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in the Bloomington, IL metro area spend on food away from home?
About $284.9M a year, or $4,057 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 68 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 70,220 households in the Bloomington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bloomington, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Bloomington metro area has 9.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% 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 national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Bloomington metro area would have about 77, against 68 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,341 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Bloomington, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bloomington metro area at 171,419 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,220 households. The median household income in the Bloomington metro area is $79,905 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. The Bloomington metro area scores 61 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #104 of 387 scored metro areas.
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