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Coffee shops and cafes in Marquette County, MI
How Marquette County, MI 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,432 of 2,063 scored counties
#52 of 66 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 30
- 12 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $99.2M
- On food away from home · $3,510 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.6
- 4% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 68,064
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Marquette County comes to about $99.2M a year: $3,510 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.3M per cafe, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Marquette County has 30 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 12 are chain locations, or 40%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 10.6 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Marquette County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 1,487 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. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $480K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Marquette County.
Population estimates put the population change in Marquette County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Marquette County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,432 of 2,063 scored counties and #52 of 66 scored counties in Michigan.
How Marquette County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Marquette County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.6 | 9.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,487 | 2,391 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.2% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,510 | $3,875 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $65,429 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 19All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 155
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3012 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 27The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $480K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Marquette 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 Marquette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 68,064+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,255
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,809 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,058
- Median home value
- $216,500
- Jobs located here
- 24,514
- Daytime population
- 66,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barry County, MI | 82 | 13 | 5.3 | $7.4M | +2.2% | #73 of 2,063 |
| 2Lapeer County, MI | 80 | 16 | 4.6 | $8.5M | +1.0% | #99 of 2,063 |
| 3Monroe County, MI | 78 | 39 | 6.2 | $6.4M | +0.7% | #135 of 2,063 |
| 4St. Clair County, MI | 77 | 35 | 5.2 | $7.3M | +0.1% | #151 of 2,063 |
| 5Clinton County, MI | 76 | 19 | 6.0 | $7.1M | +1.6% | #172 of 2,063 |
| 6Montcalm County, MI | 74 | 16 | 6.5 | $5.3M | +4.1% | #210 of 2,063 |
| 7Macomb County, MI | 71 | 257 | 7.2 | $5.5M | +0.7% | #273 of 2,063 |
| 8Ottawa County, MI | 71 | 106 | 9.5 | $4.5M | +3.9% | #282 of 2,063 |
| 9Tuscola County, MI | 70 | 7 | 3.3 | $10.4M | −1.2% | #285 of 2,063 |
| 10Cass County, MI | 70 | 15 | 7.1 | $5.4M | +0.2% | #301 of 2,063 |
| 52Marquette County, MI | 39 | 30 | 10.6 | $3.3M | +2.3% | #1,432 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Marquette County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes43
- Sit-down restaurants53
- Fast food and sandwich shops48
- Pizza50
- Coffee shops and cafes39
- Bakeries and dessert shops40
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Marquette County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 30 coffee shops and cafes in Marquette County. 12 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 19 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. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in Marquette County, MI spend on food away from home?
About $99.2M a year, or $3,510 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 30 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 28,255 households in Marquette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marquette County, MI compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Marquette County has 10.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.3M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Marquette County would have about 27, against 30 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,487 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Marquette County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Marquette County at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. Median household income in Marquette County is $65,429, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Marquette County scores 39 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,432 of 2,063 scored counties.
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