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Coffee shops and cafes in Buchanan County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Buchanan County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,675 of 2,063 scored counties
#54 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 37
- 16 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $115M
- On food away from home · $3,438 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.1
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,540
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Buchanan County is 32 (lower middle), #1,675 of 2,063 scored counties and #54 of 72 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Buchanan County spend about $115M a year on food away from home, or $3,438 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.1M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Buchanan County has 37 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.1, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Buchanan County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 1,760 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, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $5.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Buchanan County. Population estimates put the population change in Buchanan County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Buchanan County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Buchanan County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.1 | 9.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $3.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,760 | 2,080 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.0% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,438 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $62,158 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 19All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 248
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3716 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 31The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $5.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,540−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 33,439
- Median age
- 40.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 205
- Median household income
- $62,158+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,732
- Median home value
- $166,300
- Jobs located here
- 45,678
- Daytime population
- 92,127Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Buchanan County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, MO | 92 | 5 | 3.6 | $11.1M | +9.2% | #12 of 2,063 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 88 | 16 | 7.0 | $5.8M | +11.4% | #33 of 2,063 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 85 | 41 | 4.6 | $8.6M | +2.7% | #47 of 2,063 |
| 4Newton County, MO | 82 | 11 | 5.0 | $7.2M | +6.1% | #75 of 2,063 |
| 5Christian County, MO | 81 | 29 | 8.3 | $4.9M | +8.3% | #97 of 2,063 |
| 6St. Charles County, MO | 75 | 118 | 7.3 | $6.4M | +4.9% | #185 of 2,063 |
| 7Cass County, MO | 75 | 34 | 7.9 | $5.3M | +7.1% | #192 of 2,063 |
| 8Callaway County, MO | 73 | 11 | 6.7 | $5.5M | +3.2% | #236 of 2,063 |
| 9Barry County, MO | 70 | 8 | 6.0 | $5.7M | +4.8% | #296 of 2,063 |
| 10Pettis County, MO | 65 | 12 | 7.1 | $4.8M | +2.9% | #434 of 2,063 |
| 54Buchanan County, MO | 32 | 37 | 11.1 | $3.1M | −1.1% | #1,675 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Buchanan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes26
- Sit-down restaurants40
- Fast food and sandwich shops18
- Pizza22
- Coffee shops and cafes32
- Bakeries and dessert shops29
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Buchanan County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 coffee shops and cafes in Buchanan County. 16 of them (43%) 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 Buchanan County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $115M a year, or $3,438 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 37 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 33,439 households in Buchanan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buchanan County, MO compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Buchanan County has 11.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Buchanan County would have about 31, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,760 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Buchanan County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Buchanan County at 83,540 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 33,439 households. Median household income in Buchanan County is $62,158, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Buchanan County scores 32 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,675 of 2,063 scored counties.
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