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Coffee shops and cafes in New York

Markets across New York ranked by the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings
9,433
3,441 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
7,169
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +17.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$32.9B
On food away from home
Listings per 10k households
12.2
11% above the U.S.
Spending per listing
$3.5M
6% below the U.S.
Rank among states
#38 of 51
Market score 36 · Lower middle

A site report maps the coffee shops and cafes on map listings around any address in New York by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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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 9,433 coffee shops and cafes in New York. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.2, 11% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Household spending on food away from home in New York comes to about $32.9B a year: $4,270 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9,433 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.5M per cafe, 6% 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in New York was 7,169 in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,075 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count rose 24.3% over the same years. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Since fiscal 2022, 172 SBA-backed loans worth $47.6M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in New York.

Among the 50 states and DC, New York ranks #38 for coffee shops and cafes, with a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle). Of the 13 scored metro areas in or partly in New York, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area scores highest (55). Of the 14 scored small-town markets in or partly in New York, the Amsterdam area scores highest (61).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in New York, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching New York, ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY553749.8$4.3M+1.9%#151 of 387
2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY5427710.9$4.1M+3.0%#162 of 387
3Elmira, NY48216.0$5.8M−3.9%#207 of 387
4Rochester, NY464249.5$4.1M−0.7%#224 of 387
5Glens Falls, NY41468.4$4.5M−1.9%#266 of 387
6New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ419,20812.5$3.7M+0.6%#269 of 387
7Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY3951610.3$3.7M−0.8%#280 of 387
8Binghamton, NY38848.2$4.3M−1.3%#290 of 387
9Utica-Rome, NY381088.9$4.1M−2.0%#291 of 387
10Syracuse, NY372629.7$4M−1.3%#297 of 387
11Kingston, NY3410514.1$3M+1.1%#317 of 387
12Watertown-Fort Drum, NY234810.1$3.5M−3.9%#370 of 387
13Ithaca, NY216815.7$2.5M−1.4%#379 of 387

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching New York, ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Amsterdam, NY61126.1$5.7M+1.1%#144 of 529
2Batavia, NY61187.2$5.1M+0.2%#146 of 529
3Monticello, NY61278.6$4.5M+2.7%#151 of 529
4Auburn, NY57134.1$8.7M−2.3%#187 of 529
5Corning, NY56246.1$5.8M−1.6%#201 of 529
6Gloversville, NY50167.0$5M−1.6%#261 of 529
7Massena-Ogdensburg, NY48327.7$4.5M−2.5%#283 of 529
8Plattsburgh, NY47288.3$4.4M−2.0%#295 of 529
9Hudson, NY453011.3$3.7M−2.1%#310 of 529
10Oneonta, NY453314.2$2.5M+3.8%#319 of 529
11Seneca Falls, NY441511.0$3.2M−1.7%#327 of 529
12Cortland, NY40168.4$4.3M−1.9%#370 of 529
13Olean, NY36319.7$3.4M−2.1%#414 of 529
14Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY286111.4$2.9M−2.6%#483 of 529

Counties

Counties in New York, ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wyoming County, NY7074.3$8.3M−1.3%#286 of 2,063
2Wayne County, NY70215.5$6.8M+0.1%#291 of 2,063
3Putnam County, NY69349.6$5.3M+1.4%#324 of 2,063
4Rockland County, NY67908.7$5.6M+5.9%#378 of 2,063
5Washington County, NY66104.1$8.9M−2.9%#393 of 2,063
6Saratoga County, NY66908.8$5.2M+2.3%#401 of 2,063
7Schenectady County, NY61588.7$4.6M+3.0%#565 of 2,063
8Richmond County, NY601408.2$5.5M+1.3%#594 of 2,063
9Rensselaer County, NY59497.3$5.6M−0.2%#637 of 2,063
10Westchester County, NY593609.7$5.3M+1.4%#639 of 2,063
11Lewis County, NY5887.2$4.8M−0.3%#684 of 2,063
12Bronx County, NY572364.4$7.2M−3.8%#711 of 2,063
13Orange County, NY5714010.1$4.4M+4.2%#728 of 2,063
14Montgomery County, NY56126.1$5.7M+1.1%#754 of 2,063
15Genesee County, NY56187.2$5.1M+0.2%#759 of 2,063
16Tioga County, NY56167.9$4.8M−1.9%#763 of 2,063
17Suffolk County, NY5554411.0$4.8M+1.6%#805 of 2,063
18Sullivan County, NY55278.6$4.5M+2.7%#808 of 2,063
19Cayuga County, NY54134.1$8.7M−2.3%#830 of 2,063
20Orleans County, NY5395.5$6.3M−0.5%#871 of 2,063
21Nassau County, NY5353611.7$4.7M+0.6%#879 of 2,063
22Steuben County, NY52246.1$5.8M−1.6%#921 of 2,063
23Herkimer County, NY52166.2$5.7M−1.4%#923 of 2,063
24Chenango County, NY50126.0$5.6M−2.9%#988 of 2,063
25Allegany County, NY50158.5$3.9M+0.9%#997 of 2,063
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Counties in New York, ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score, continued
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
26Dutchess County, NY5013711.8$3.9M+1.5%#1,000 of 2,063
27Livingston County, NY502510.2$3.7M−0.2%#1,006 of 2,063
28Oswego County, NY49398.3$4.4M+1.0%#1,032 of 2,063
29Chemung County, NY48216.0$5.8M−3.9%#1,073 of 2,063
30Monroe County, NY483139.8$4M−1.0%#1,092 of 2,063
31Schoharie County, NY481410.9$3.4M+1.4%#1,107 of 2,063
32St. Lawrence County, NY46327.7$4.5M−2.5%#1,162 of 2,063
33Erie County, NY4641510.1$3.8M−0.6%#1,170 of 2,063
34Fulton County, NY45167.0$5M−1.6%#1,193 of 2,063
35Queens County, NY458109.6$4.4M−1.1%#1,197 of 2,063
36Albany County, NY4516312.1$3.4M+2.2%#1,209 of 2,063
37Yates County, NY4499.5$3.9M−0.8%#1,234 of 2,063
38Clinton County, NY43288.3$4.4M−2.0%#1,268 of 2,063
39Columbia County, NY413011.3$3.7M−2.1%#1,335 of 2,063
40Onondaga County, NY401929.7$4M−1.9%#1,370 of 2,063
41Ontario County, NY405611.6$3.5M+0.6%#1,379 of 2,063
42Seneca County, NY401511.0$3.2M−1.7%#1,389 of 2,063
43Oneida County, NY39929.7$3.8M−2.1%#1,422 of 2,063
44Otsego County, NY393314.2$2.5M+3.8%#1,453 of 2,063
45Broome County, NY38688.3$4.2M−1.2%#1,460 of 2,063
46Ulster County, NY3810514.1$3M+1.1%#1,480 of 2,063
47Niagara County, NY3710111.0$3.3M−1.5%#1,514 of 2,063
48Madison County, NY363111.8$3.2M−1.2%#1,554 of 2,063
49Cortland County, NY34168.4$4.3M−1.9%#1,603 of 2,063
50Cattaraugus County, NY33319.7$3.4M−2.1%#1,646 of 2,063
51Warren County, NY333611.9$3.3M−0.9%#1,648 of 2,063
52Kings County, NY311,35213.4$3.1M−2.5%#1,715 of 2,063
53Franklin County, NY302914.9$2.3M−1.6%#1,755 of 2,063
54Jefferson County, NY294810.1$3.5M−3.9%#1,773 of 2,063
55Tompkins County, NY276815.7$2.5M−1.4%#1,836 of 2,063
56Essex County, NY262012.2$3M−2.2%#1,850 of 2,063
57Chautauqua County, NY266111.4$2.9M−2.6%#1,851 of 2,063
58Greene County, NY263016.1$2.4M−1.1%#1,860 of 2,063
59New York County, NY242,46031.6$1.5M−1.3%#1,917 of 2,063
60Delaware County, NY213417.7$2M+0.2%#1,967 of 2,063
61Schuyler County, NY181115.0$2.4M−5.3%#2,001 of 2,063
Hamilton County, NYNot scored728.9$1.3M−1.3%

Markets with fewer than 5 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in New York?

There are 9,433 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in New York as of September 2026. 3,441 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7,169 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 17.3% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts also show 917 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in New York spend on food away from home?

About $32.9B a year, or $4,270 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,433 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 7,704,486 households in New York and national spending patterns by income.

How does New York compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

New York has 12.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, New York would have about 8,883, against 9,433 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,075 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 17.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

Which market in New York has the highest market score for coffee shops and cafes?

Among 13 scored metro areas in or partly in New York, the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area scores highest, at 55 (upper middle). Among 14 scored small-town markets in or partly in New York, the Amsterdam area scores highest, at 61 (upper middle). Among 61 scored counties in New York, Wyoming County scores highest, at 70 (upper middle). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. New York scores 36 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #38 of the 50 states and DC.

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