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Coffee shops and cafes in Gloucester County, NJ

How Gloucester County, NJ 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #266 of 2,063 scored counties
#6 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
81
37 chain locations (46%)
Official establishments
73
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +9.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$521.2M
On food away from home · $4,631 a household
Spending per listing
$6.4M
74% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
35% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
312,638
+3.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 coffee shops and cafes in Gloucester County. 37 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

At $4,631 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in Gloucester County spend about $521.2M a year on food away from home. Spread across 81 coffee shops and cafes, that is $6.4M per cafe, 74% above 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Gloucester County was 73 in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 12 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Gloucester County grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Gloucester County is 71 (upper middle), #266 of 2,063 scored counties and #6 of 21 scored counties in New Jersey. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Gloucester County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Gloucester County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasureGloucester CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.29.911.0
Spending per listing$6.4M$4.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,5421,2241,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+9.0%+14.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$4,631$4,680$4,070
Median household income$105,115$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score7169

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
67 → 73All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +9.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
802
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
12All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
8137 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
141The 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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester County

Population, 2025 estimate
312,638+3.3% since 2020
Households
112,545
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
322 sq. mi.
People per square mile
953
Median household income
$105,115+20.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$129,489
Median home value
$310,400
Jobs located here
124,021
Daytime population
272,887Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across New Jersey

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The highest-scoring counties in New Jersey for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in New Jersey, with Gloucester County marked.

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burlington County, NJ741317.4$6.4M+4.3%#202 of 2,063
2Warren County, NJ74378.2$5.4M+3.2%#207 of 2,063
3Cumberland County, NJ73254.6$7.8M+2.2%#223 of 2,063
4Somerset County, NJ731209.2$6M+3.5%#232 of 2,063
5Sussex County, NJ72457.8$6.3M+2.9%#246 of 2,063
6Gloucester County, NJ71817.2$6.4M+3.3%#266 of 2,063
7Salem County, NJ71166.4$6.1M+2.3%#269 of 2,063
8Middlesex County, NJ672648.6$5.6M+2.6%#377 of 2,063
9Ocean County, NJ671937.9$5.4M+5.6%#380 of 2,063
10Camden County, NJ661547.6$5.6M+2.4%#398 of 2,063

Other business types in Gloucester County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Gloucester County, NJ?

There are 81 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Gloucester County as of September 2026. 37 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 73 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 9.0% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 12 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Gloucester County, NJ spend on food away from home?

About $521.2M a year, or $4,631 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 112,545 households in Gloucester County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gloucester County, NJ compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Gloucester County has 7.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 35% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.4M, 74% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Gloucester County would have about 141, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,542 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Gloucester County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Gloucester County at 312,638 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 112,545 households. The median household income in Gloucester County is $105,115 a year, 30% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Gloucester County scores 71 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #266 of 2,063 scored counties.

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