Food and drink · Metro area · Nevada
Coffee shops and cafes in the Reno, NV metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Reno, NV metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #197 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 276
- 119 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 150
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +42.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $936.2M
- On food away from home · $4,162 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 578,734
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $4,162 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Reno metro area spend about $936.2M a year on food away from home. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
There are 276 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Reno metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.3, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Reno metro area in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,500 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 29 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Reno metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Reno metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Reno metro area scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #197 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada.
How the Reno metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Reno metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 12.9 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $3.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,500 | 1,452 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +42.3% | +38.9% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,162 | $3,930 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $87,485 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 150All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +42.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,100
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $43.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 29All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276119 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 253The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 5
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Reno metro area, 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 the Reno metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 578,734+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 224,933
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,583 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 66
- Median household income
- $87,485
- Average household income
- $118,079
- Median home value
- $502,300
- Jobs located here
- 274,907
- Daytime population
- 561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 50 | 276 | 12.3 | $3.4M | +5.0% | #197 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 42 | 1,128 | 13.1 | $3M | +5.8% | #264 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 28 | 30 | 12.7 | $2.9M | −0.2% | #347 of 387 |
Other business types in the Reno metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes62
- Sit-down restaurants67
- Fast food and sandwich shops65
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops66
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Reno, NV metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 276 coffee shops and cafes in the Reno metro area. 119 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 150 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 42.3% from 2019. 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 29 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Reno, NV metro area spend on food away from home?
About $936.2M a year, or $4,162 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 276 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Reno, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Reno metro area has 12.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.4M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 253, against 276 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,500 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 42.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% above 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 Reno metro area scores 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #197 of 387 scored metro areas.
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