Food and drink · County · Missouri
Coffee shops and cafes in Dent County, MO
How Dent County, MO 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,547 of 2,063 scored counties
#51 of 72 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18M
- On food away from home · $3,205 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,584
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Dent County spend about $18M a year on food away from home, or $3,205 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 5 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.6M per cafe, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Dent County has 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.9, 19% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Dent County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Dent County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Dent County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,547 of 2,063 scored counties and #51 of 72 scored counties in Missouri.
How Dent 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 | Dent County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 9.8 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $3.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,080 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +45.0% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,205 | $3,799 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $56,312 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Dent 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 Dent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,584+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,618
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 753 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $56,312+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,407
- Median home value
- $167,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,361
- Daytime population
- 13,097Residents 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 Dent 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 |
| 51Dent County, MO | 36 | 5 | 8.9 | $3.6M | +1.3% | #1,547 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Dent County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants48
- Fast food and sandwich shops56
- Pizza37
- Coffee shops and cafes36
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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 Dent County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 coffee shops and cafes in Dent County. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Dent County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dent County, MO spend on food away from home?
About $18M a year, or $3,205 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 5,618 households in Dent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dent County, MO compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Dent County has 8.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.6M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending.
How fast is Dent County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Dent County at 14,584 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,618 households. Median household income in Dent County is $56,312, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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. Dent County scores 36 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,547 of 2,063 scored counties.
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