Market rankings · Indiana
Coffee shops and cafes in Indiana
Markets across Indiana ranked by the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, with competitor counts and household spending for each.
- Listings
- 2,164
- 803 chain locations (37%)
- Official establishments
- 1,278
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +40.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $10.3B
- On food away from home
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 27% below the U.S.
- Spending per listing
- $4.8M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Rank among states
- #6 of 51
- Market score 70 · Upper middle
A site report maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings around any address in Indiana by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,164 coffee shops and cafes in Indiana. Of those, 803 are chain locations, or 37%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,802 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Indiana spend about $10.3B a year on food away from home. That is about $4.8M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 29% 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 1,278 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Indiana in 2023, up 40.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,125 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 24.3% over the same years. 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, 83 SBA-backed loans worth $38.2M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Indiana.
Among the 50 states and DC, Indiana ranks #6 for coffee shops and cafes, with a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle). Of the 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Columbus metro area scores highest (83). Of the 23 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Greencastle area scores highest (86).
Every market in Indiana for coffee shops and cafes
Download the ranking (CSV)Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Indiana, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.
Metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Columbus, IN | 83 | 23 | 6.9 | $5.8M | +4.3% | #5 of 387 |
| 2Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 77 | 703 | 8.3 | $4.9M | +5.4% | #20 of 387 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 70 | 750 | 8.3 | $5M | +2.7% | #41 of 387 |
| 3Evansville, IN | 66 | 82 | 7.2 | $5.2M | +1.6% | #67 of 387 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 66 | 469 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +2.9% | #71 of 387 |
| 4Fort Wayne, IN | 62 | 151 | 8.3 | $4.5M | +3.9% | #96 of 387 |
| 5Muncie, IN | 55 | 31 | 6.7 | $4.9M | +1.2% | #147 of 387 |
| 6Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 54 | 37 | 8.5 | $4.4M | −0.9% | #161 of 387 |
| 7Bloomington, IN | 52 | 57 | 8.4 | $4.3M | +2.0% | #176 of 387 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 52 | 3,999 | 11.0 | $4M | 0.0% | #178 of 387 |
| 8Terre Haute, IN | 51 | 51 | 7.6 | $4.4M | +0.3% | #182 of 387 |
| 9South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 49 | 117 | 9.1 | $4.1M | +0.1% | #205 of 387 |
| 10Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 47 | 67 | 9.3 | $4M | +0.9% | #214 of 387 |
| 11Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 44 | 82 | 9.0 | $3.9M | +2.1% | #238 of 387 |
| 12Kokomo, IN | 34 | 34 | 9.6 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #316 of 387 |
Small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greencastle, IN | 86 | 8 | 5.7 | $6.7M | +3.2% | #2 of 529 |
| 2Bedford, IN | 83 | 8 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +1.2% | #5 of 529 |
| 3Washington, IN | 79 | 5 | 4.2 | $8.6M | +2.5% | #12 of 529 |
| 4Jasper, IN | 74 | 16 | 9.1 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #35 of 529 |
| 5Seymour, IN | 72 | 12 | 6.6 | $5.6M | +1.9% | #43 of 529 |
| 6Crawfordsville, IN | 71 | 6 | 3.8 | $9.6M | +2.7% | #50 of 529 |
| 7New Castle, IN | 71 | 7 | 3.8 | $9.1M | +0.5% | #51 of 529 |
| 8Kendallville, IN | 71 | 15 | 8.3 | $4.4M | +1.0% | #55 of 529 |
| 9Auburn, IN | 68 | 15 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +2.9% | #74 of 529 |
| 10Plymouth, IN | 65 | 14 | 7.9 | $4.6M | +1.2% | #103 of 529 |
| 11Frankfort, IN | 65 | 10 | 8.0 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #104 of 529 |
| 12Vincennes, IN | 64 | 7 | 4.6 | $7.5M | −1.7% | #106 of 529 |
| 13Monticello, IN | 62 | 6 | 5.9 | $6.1M | +2.0% | #133 of 529 |
| 14Richmond, IN | 62 | 18 | 6.7 | $5M | −0.5% | #134 of 529 |
| 15Decatur, IN | 62 | 10 | 8.1 | $4.4M | +2.2% | #136 of 529 |
| 16Warsaw, IN | 62 | 31 | 9.7 | $3.9M | +0.9% | #138 of 529 |
| 17Angola, IN | 62 | 15 | 10.7 | $3.5M | +1.0% | #140 of 529 |
| 18Huntington, IN | 60 | 16 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +1.6% | #162 of 529 |
| 19Logansport, IN | 58 | 12 | 8.0 | $4.1M | +0.1% | #182 of 529 |
| 20Madison, IN | 48 | 10 | 7.8 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #281 of 529 |
| 21Wabash, IN | 43 | 15 | 11.8 | $3M | −0.7% | #340 of 529 |
| 22Peru, IN | 39 | 11 | 8.3 | $4.1M | −3.9% | #380 of 529 |
| 23Marion, IN | 37 | 29 | 10.8 | $3M | 0.0% | #401 of 529 |
| Greensburg, IN | Not scored | 3 | 2.8 | $13.4M | +0.4% | |
| Connersville, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.7% |
Counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warrick County, IN | 87 | 11 | 4.4 | $9.8M | +4.4% | #38 of 2,063 |
| 2Hancock County, IN | 85 | 24 | 7.2 | $6.2M | +13.5% | #51 of 2,063 |
| 3Dearborn County, IN | 82 | 10 | 4.9 | $8.1M | +1.7% | #71 of 2,063 |
| 4Boone County, IN | 82 | 24 | 8.4 | $5.9M | +13.5% | #83 of 2,063 |
| 5Morgan County, IN | 81 | 19 | 6.7 | $6M | +4.4% | #91 of 2,063 |
| 6Franklin County, IN | 80 | 5 | 5.4 | $7.2M | +2.2% | #100 of 2,063 |
| 7Putnam County, IN | 80 | 8 | 5.7 | $6.7M | +3.2% | #102 of 2,063 |
| 8Hendricks County, IN | 80 | 49 | 7.3 | $6.3M | +10.2% | #105 of 2,063 |
| 9Bartholomew County, IN | 79 | 23 | 6.9 | $5.8M | +4.3% | #118 of 2,063 |
| 10Lawrence County, IN | 76 | 8 | 4.2 | $8.5M | +1.2% | #168 of 2,063 |
| 11Shelby County, IN | 74 | 10 | 5.4 | $6.9M | +1.8% | #197 of 2,063 |
| 12Hamilton County, IN | 74 | 133 | 9.7 | $5.3M | +10.9% | #209 of 2,063 |
| 13Harrison County, IN | 73 | 5 | 3.2 | $11.6M | +1.9% | #219 of 2,063 |
| 14Daviess County, IN | 73 | 5 | 4.2 | $8.6M | +2.5% | #222 of 2,063 |
| 15Johnson County, IN | 73 | 46 | 7.4 | $5.8M | +7.4% | #233 of 2,063 |
| 16Greene County, IN | 72 | 5 | 3.8 | $8.8M | +1.2% | #244 of 2,063 |
| 17Whitley County, IN | 70 | 11 | 7.8 | $4.9M | +2.1% | #306 of 2,063 |
| 18Clark County, IN | 70 | 42 | 8.2 | $4.6M | +7.5% | #309 of 2,063 |
| 19Posey County, IN | 69 | 6 | 5.7 | $7M | −0.8% | #315 of 2,063 |
| 20Washington County, IN | 68 | 6 | 5.3 | $6.4M | +0.5% | #343 of 2,063 |
| 21Porter County, IN | 67 | 51 | 7.4 | $5.7M | +1.6% | #375 of 2,063 |
| 22Jackson County, IN | 67 | 12 | 6.6 | $5.6M | +1.9% | #379 of 2,063 |
| 23Madison County, IN | 67 | 39 | 7.3 | $4.7M | +3.8% | #384 of 2,063 |
| 24Dubois County, IN | 67 | 16 | 9.1 | $4.3M | +0.9% | #389 of 2,063 |
| 25Montgomery County, IN | 66 | 6 | 3.8 | $9.6M | +2.7% | #392 of 2,063 |
Show all 92 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Clay County, IN | 66 | 8 | 7.6 | $4.9M | −0.1% | #405 of 2,063 |
| 27Henry County, IN | 64 | 7 | 3.8 | $9.1M | +0.5% | #451 of 2,063 |
| 28Noble County, IN | 64 | 15 | 8.3 | $4.4M | +1.0% | #476 of 2,063 |
| 29Gibson County, IN | 62 | 7 | 5.2 | $7M | +0.1% | #521 of 2,063 |
| 30Floyd County, IN | 62 | 24 | 7.5 | $5.4M | +2.0% | #529 of 2,063 |
| 31DeKalb County, IN | 62 | 15 | 8.8 | $4.2M | +2.9% | #543 of 2,063 |
| 32Allen County, IN | 61 | 131 | 8.4 | $4.5M | +4.2% | #567 of 2,063 |
| 33Ripley County, IN | 61 | 11 | 9.5 | $3.9M | +1.6% | #579 of 2,063 |
| 34Fulton County, IN | 60 | 5 | 6.2 | $5.7M | −1.9% | #591 of 2,063 |
| 35Marshall County, IN | 60 | 14 | 7.9 | $4.6M | +1.2% | #600 of 2,063 |
| 36Jasper County, IN | 60 | 14 | 11.0 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #623 of 2,063 |
| 37Owen County, IN | 59 | 6 | 7.0 | $5M | +2.6% | #645 of 2,063 |
| 38Fountain County, IN | 59 | 5 | 7.2 | $4.7M | +3.2% | #648 of 2,063 |
| 39Wells County, IN | 59 | 9 | 7.8 | $4.7M | +2.6% | #649 of 2,063 |
| 40Clinton County, IN | 59 | 10 | 8.0 | $4.4M | +0.4% | #652 of 2,063 |
| 41Knox County, IN | 58 | 7 | 4.6 | $7.5M | −1.7% | #668 of 2,063 |
| 42Wayne County, IN | 58 | 18 | 6.7 | $5M | −0.5% | #681 of 2,063 |
| 43Marion County, IN | 58 | 346 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +1.6% | #695 of 2,063 |
| 44White County, IN | 56 | 6 | 5.9 | $6.1M | +2.0% | #753 of 2,063 |
| 45Adams County, IN | 56 | 10 | 8.1 | $4.4M | +2.2% | #767 of 2,063 |
| 46Parke County, IN | 56 | 5 | 8.1 | $4.3M | +3.0% | #771 of 2,063 |
| 47Spencer County, IN | 55 | 7 | 8.7 | $4.3M | +1.2% | #811 of 2,063 |
| 48Kosciusko County, IN | 55 | 31 | 9.7 | $3.9M | +0.9% | #818 of 2,063 |
| 49Steuben County, IN | 55 | 15 | 10.7 | $3.5M | +1.0% | #823 of 2,063 |
| 50Delaware County, IN | 54 | 31 | 6.7 | $4.9M | +1.2% | #840 of 2,063 |
| 51Lake County, IN | 54 | 166 | 8.5 | $4.5M | +1.1% | #845 of 2,063 |
| 52LaPorte County, IN | 54 | 37 | 8.5 | $4.4M | −0.9% | #847 of 2,063 |
| 53Cass County, IN | 53 | 12 | 8.0 | $4.1M | +0.1% | #889 of 2,063 |
| 54Huntington County, IN | 53 | 16 | 10.4 | $3.4M | +1.6% | #908 of 2,063 |
| 55Monroe County, IN | 52 | 51 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +1.9% | #935 of 2,063 |
| 56Randolph County, IN | 51 | 7 | 6.8 | $4.9M | +0.1% | #960 of 2,063 |
| 57Elkhart County, IN | 51 | 67 | 9.3 | $4M | +0.9% | #977 of 2,063 |
| 58Vanderburgh County, IN | 49 | 65 | 8.3 | $4.2M | +0.9% | #1,037 of 2,063 |
| 59St. Joseph County, IN | 47 | 102 | 9.5 | $3.9M | +0.1% | #1,132 of 2,063 |
| 60LaGrange County, IN | 47 | 20 | 15.5 | $2.6M | +1.9% | #1,153 of 2,063 |
| 61Jefferson County, IN | 42 | 10 | 7.8 | $4.5M | +0.6% | #1,298 of 2,063 |
| 62Tippecanoe County, IN | 42 | 75 | 9.9 | $3.6M | +2.2% | #1,310 of 2,063 |
| 63Howard County, IN | 40 | 34 | 9.6 | $3.7M | +0.4% | #1,375 of 2,063 |
| 64Vigo County, IN | 38 | 39 | 9.2 | $3.5M | +0.4% | #1,467 of 2,063 |
| 65Wabash County, IN | 38 | 15 | 11.8 | $3M | −0.7% | #1,477 of 2,063 |
| 66Miami County, IN | 36 | 11 | 8.3 | $4.1M | −3.9% | #1,544 of 2,063 |
| 67Grant County, IN | 34 | 29 | 10.8 | $3M | 0.0% | #1,615 of 2,063 |
| 68Brown County, IN | 34 | 10 | 14.7 | $2.6M | +1.9% | #1,623 of 2,063 |
| 69Jay County, IN | 29 | 7 | 9.0 | $3.6M | −1.8% | #1,772 of 2,063 |
| 70Starke County, IN | 27 | 10 | 11.1 | $3M | +0.1% | #1,833 of 2,063 |
| Jennings County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 2.7 | $12.9M | +0.1% | |
| Decatur County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 2.8 | $13.4M | +0.4% | |
| Scott County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 4.1 | $8.2M | +2.8% | |
| Fayette County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +0.7% | |
| Sullivan County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 2.6 | $13M | +0.1% | |
| Carroll County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 3.7 | $9.6M | +1.6% | |
| Orange County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 3.8 | $9.2M | −0.1% | |
| Perry County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.2% | |
| Rush County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 3.0 | $11.6M | 0.0% | |
| Vermillion County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 3.0 | $11M | +0.6% | |
| Tipton County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 4.8 | $8M | −0.4% | |
| Newton County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 3.5 | $10M | +2.9% | |
| Pulaski County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 6.1 | $5.8M | −0.4% | |
| Pike County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 6.0 | $6.1M | −2.0% | |
| Blackford County, IN | Not scored | 4 | 7.7 | $4.2M | −3.1% | |
| Crawford County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 6.5 | $4.7M | −0.2% | |
| Switzerland County, IN | Not scored | 3 | 7.7 | $4.6M | +3.1% | |
| Martin County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 5.1 | $6.9M | +0.5% | |
| Benton County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 5.8 | $6.3M | +2.0% | |
| Warren County, IN | Not scored | 2 | 6.0 | $6.6M | +0.6% | |
| Union County, IN | Not scored | 1 | 3.4 | $11M | −3.1% | |
| Ohio County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +1.2% |
Markets with fewer than 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Indiana?
There are 2,164 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Indiana as of September 2026. 803 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 1,278 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 40.8% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 259 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Indiana spend on food away from home?
About $10.3B a year, or $3,802 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,164 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.8M 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 2,716,009 households in Indiana and national spending patterns by income.
How does Indiana compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Indiana has 8.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.8M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Indiana would have about 2,788, against 2,164 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,125 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 40.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
Which market in Indiana has the highest market score for coffee shops and cafes?
Among 15 scored metro areas in or partly in Indiana, the Columbus metro area scores highest, at 83 (high). Among 23 scored small-town markets in or partly in Indiana, the Greencastle area scores highest, at 86 (high). Among 70 scored counties in Indiana, Warrick County scores highest, at 87 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.
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. Indiana scores 70 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #6 of the 50 states and DC.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Indiana. It maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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