Food and drink · Metro area · Indiana
Coffee shops and cafes in the Columbus, IN metro area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Columbus, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 83 out of 100: High
Ranked #5 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 23
- 8 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $133.9M
- On food away from home · $4,013 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.9
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 85,729
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Columbus metro area is 83 (high), #5 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for coffee shops and cafes.
Household spending on food away from home in the Columbus metro area comes to about $133.9M a year: $4,013 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 23 coffee shops and cafes, that is $5.8M per cafe, 57% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Columbus metro area has 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 35%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 6.9 per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Columbus metro area was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 2,566 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $494K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Columbus metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Columbus metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Columbus metro area compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Columbus metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.9 | 8.0 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $4.8M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,566 | 2,125 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +40.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,013 | $3,802 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $79,901 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 83 | 70 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 168
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 238 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $494K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Columbus 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 Columbus metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 85,729+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 33,359
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $79,901+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,124
- Median home value
- $232,800
- Jobs located here
- 52,041
- Daytime population
- 94,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Columbus metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| 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 |
Other business types in the Columbus metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes71
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops50
- Pizza44
- Coffee shops and cafes83
- Bakeries and dessert shops71
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Columbus, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 coffee shops and cafes in the Columbus metro area. 8 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in the Columbus, IN metro area spend on food away from home?
About $133.9M a year, or $4,013 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 33,359 households in the Columbus metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Columbus, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Columbus metro area has 6.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.8M, 57% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Columbus metro area would have about 36, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,566 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Columbus, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Columbus metro area at 85,729 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,359 households. Median household income in the Columbus metro area is $79,901, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.0%, 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. The Columbus metro area scores 83 for coffee shops and cafes (high), #5 of 387 scored metro areas.
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