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Coffee shops and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #269 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 9,208
- 3,476 chain locations (38%)
- Official establishments
- 7,364
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +14.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.1B
- On food away from home · $4,609 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.5
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,112,448
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9,208 coffee shops and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. 3,476 of them (38%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.5, 14% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $4,609 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area spend about $34.1B a year on food away from home. That works out to $3.7M per cafe, in line with 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 7,364 businesses with payroll in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 14.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,004 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. Official counts list 1,072 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 207 SBA-backed loans worth $74.4M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area.
Population estimates show the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #269 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $3.5M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,004 | 1,075 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +14.8% | +17.3% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,609 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,155 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 36 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7,364All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +14.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 69,696
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,072All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9,2083,476 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9,199The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 207
- Amount
- $74.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the New York-Newark-Jersey City 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,391,787
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 6,127 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,219
- Median household income
- $99,155
- Average household income
- $146,791
- Median home value
- $614,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,481,255
- Daytime population
- 20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in New York, with the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 55 | 374 | 9.8 | $4.3M | +1.9% | #151 of 387 |
| 2Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 54 | 277 | 10.9 | $4.1M | +3.0% | #162 of 387 |
| 3Elmira, NY | 48 | 21 | 6.0 | $5.8M | −3.9% | #207 of 387 |
| 4Rochester, NY | 46 | 424 | 9.5 | $4.1M | −0.7% | #224 of 387 |
| 5Glens Falls, NY | 41 | 46 | 8.4 | $4.5M | −1.9% | #266 of 387 |
| 6New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 41 | 9,208 | 12.5 | $3.7M | +0.6% | #269 of 387 |
| 7Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 39 | 516 | 10.3 | $3.7M | −0.8% | #280 of 387 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 38 | 84 | 8.2 | $4.3M | −1.3% | #290 of 387 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 38 | 108 | 8.9 | $4.1M | −2.0% | #291 of 387 |
| 10Syracuse, NY | 37 | 262 | 9.7 | $4M | −1.3% | #297 of 387 |
Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
There are 9,208 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area as of September 2026. 3,476 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 7,364 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 14.8% 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 1,072 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $34.1B a year, or $4,609 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9,208 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 12.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 9,199, against 9,208 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,004 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 41 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #269 of 387 scored metro areas.
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