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Coffee shops and cafes in Shawnee County, KS
How Shawnee County, KS compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,031 of 2,063 scored counties
#11 of 37 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 63
- 26 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +66.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $277.7M
- On food away from home · $3,681 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.4M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 25% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 178,607
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 63 coffee shops and cafes in Shawnee County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,681 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Shawnee County spend about $277.7M a year on food away from home. That works out to $4.4M per cafe, 19% 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 45 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Shawnee County in 2023, up 66.7% from 2019. That is one for every 1,677 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, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Shawnee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Shawnee County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Shawnee County is 49 (lower middle), #1,031 of 2,063 scored counties and #11 of 37 scored counties in Kansas.
How Shawnee County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Shawnee County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 10.5 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4.4M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,677 | 1,752 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +66.7% | +46.9% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,681 | $3,910 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $67,104 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27 → 45All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +66.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 575
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6326 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 75The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Shawnee 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 Shawnee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 178,6070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 75,458
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 544 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 327
- Median household income
- $67,104+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $88,163
- Median home value
- $180,900
- Jobs located here
- 103,349
- Daytime population
- 200,016Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Shawnee County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Miami County, KS | 81 | 12 | 8.7 | $4.8M | +5.9% | #98 of 2,063 |
| 2Leavenworth County, KS | 77 | 25 | 8.3 | $5.1M | +3.2% | #162 of 2,063 |
| 3Wyandotte County, KS | 65 | 35 | 5.7 | $6.1M | +1.0% | #424 of 2,063 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 63 | 29 | 11.4 | $3.5M | +3.1% | #514 of 2,063 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 62 | 284 | 11.4 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #542 of 2,063 |
| 6Sumner County, KS | 60 | 6 | 6.7 | $5.4M | −0.1% | #596 of 2,063 |
| 7Franklin County, KS | 60 | 9 | 8.6 | $4.3M | +1.1% | #608 of 2,063 |
| 8Osage County, KS | 55 | 5 | 7.8 | $4.7M | −0.3% | #806 of 2,063 |
| 9Jefferson County, KS | 52 | 8 | 10.8 | $3.8M | −0.2% | #942 of 2,063 |
| 10Sedgwick County, KS | 50 | 221 | 10.7 | $3.5M | +2.6% | #1,008 of 2,063 |
| 11Shawnee County, KS | 49 | 63 | 8.3 | $4.4M | 0.0% | #1,031 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Shawnee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants58
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Shawnee County, KS?
There are 63 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Shawnee County as of September 2026. 26 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 66.7% 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 Shawnee County, KS spend on food away from home?
About $277.7M a year, or $3,681 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 63 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 75,458 households in Shawnee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shawnee County, KS compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Shawnee County has 8.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 25% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.4M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Shawnee County would have about 75, against 63 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,677 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 66.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Shawnee County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Shawnee County at 178,607 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 75,458 households. The median household income in Shawnee County is $67,104 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.2% 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. Shawnee County scores 49 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,031 of 2,063 scored counties.
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