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Coffee shops and cafes in Kane County, IL
The coffee shops and cafes in Kane County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #564 of 2,063 scored counties
#19 of 74 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 188
- 90 chain locations (48%)
- Official establishments
- 119
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +48.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $867.9M
- On food away from home · $4,699 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.6M
- 25% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.2
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 188 coffee shops and cafes in Kane County. Chain locations make up 48% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Kane County comes to about $867.9M a year: $4,699 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 188 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4.6M per cafe, 25% 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.
Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Kane County in 2023, up 48.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,552 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 16 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $2.9M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Kane County.
Population estimates show Kane County grew 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Kane County has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #564 of 2,063 scored counties and #19 of 74 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kane County 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 | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.2 | 10.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.6M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,552 | 1,881 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +48.8% | +22.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,699 | $4,215 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80 → 119All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +48.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,593
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 16All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 18890 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 234The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $2.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Kane 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 Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Kane County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Boone County, IL | 77 | 11 | 5.7 | $7.4M | +0.4% | #150 of 2,063 |
| 2Ogle County, IL | 75 | 14 | 6.7 | $5.9M | −0.7% | #187 of 2,063 |
| 3McHenry County, IL | 74 | 99 | 8.4 | $5.6M | +2.5% | #206 of 2,063 |
| 4Kendall County, IL | 73 | 42 | 9.3 | $5.2M | +9.9% | #240 of 2,063 |
| 5Effingham County, IL | 72 | 8 | 5.7 | $6.9M | −0.5% | #245 of 2,063 |
| 6Macoupin County, IL | 71 | 10 | 5.7 | $6.7M | −2.6% | #264 of 2,063 |
| 7Clinton County, IL | 71 | 13 | 8.9 | $4.6M | +0.6% | #279 of 2,063 |
| 8Will County, IL | 68 | 206 | 8.4 | $5.7M | +2.2% | #348 of 2,063 |
| 9St. Clair County, IL | 67 | 73 | 7.2 | $5.4M | −2.5% | #381 of 2,063 |
| 10Madison County, IL | 66 | 85 | 7.7 | $5.1M | −1.0% | #402 of 2,063 |
| 19Kane County, IL | 61 | 188 | 10.2 | $4.6M | +1.8% | #564 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Kane County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes57
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops62
- Pizza64
- Coffee shops and cafes61
- Bakeries and dessert shops46
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Kane County, IL?
There are 188 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Kane County as of September 2026. 90 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 119 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 48.8% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Another 16 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Kane County, IL spend on food away from home?
About $867.9M a year, or $4,699 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 188 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Kane County has 10.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.6M, 25% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Kane County would have about 234, against 188 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,552 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 48.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Kane County scores 61 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #564 of 2,063 scored counties.
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