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Coffee shops and cafes in Valley County, MT
How Valley County, MT compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.4M
- On food away from home · $3,518 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 23.7
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 7,385
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 coffee shops and cafes in Valley County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 23.7, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,518 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Valley County spend about $10.4M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.5M per cafe, 60% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Valley County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Valley County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Valley County compares
The same measures for Montana 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 | Valley County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 23.7 | 19.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.9M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,075 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.9% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,518 | $3,748 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $71,695 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 24 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Valley 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 Valley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,385−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,951
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 4,926 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $71,695
- Average household income
- $83,985
- Median home value
- $198,400
- Jobs located here
- 2,747
- Daytime population
- 7,222Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ravalli County, MT | 50 | 32 | 17.1 | $2.1M | +9.4% | #1,025 of 2,063 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 41 | 47 | 15.1 | $2.6M | +5.8% | #1,359 of 2,063 |
| 3Gallatin County, MT | 38 | 130 | 25.4 | $1.7M | +7.7% | #1,506 of 2,063 |
| 4Yellowstone County, MT | 37 | 107 | 15.3 | $2.5M | +4.5% | #1,530 of 2,063 |
| 5Carbon County, MT | 36 | 10 | 21.4 | $1.8M | +9.1% | #1,569 of 2,063 |
| 6Richland County, MT | 35 | 5 | 11.3 | $3.5M | −1.3% | #1,577 of 2,063 |
| 7Missoula County, MT | 34 | 95 | 18.0 | $2.1M | +4.4% | #1,635 of 2,063 |
| 8Flathead County, MT | 33 | 97 | 21.9 | $1.7M | +10.1% | #1,664 of 2,063 |
| 9Silver Bow County, MT | 31 | 21 | 13.6 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #1,722 of 2,063 |
| 10Lake County, MT | 31 | 30 | 23.9 | $1.5M | +6.9% | #1,731 of 2,063 |
| Valley County, MT | Not scored | 7 | 23.7 | $1.5M | −2.4% |
Other business types in Valley County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Valley County, MT?
Valley County has 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) 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 Valley County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Valley County, MT spend on food away from home?
About $10.4M a year, or $3,518 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 2,951 households in Valley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Valley County, MT compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Valley County has 23.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2.2 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.5M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Valley County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Valley County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Valley County at 7,385 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,951 households. The median household income in Valley County is $71,695 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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