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Coffee shops and cafes in Anson County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Anson County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $24.5M
- On food away from home · $2,868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $24.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 21,758
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 coffee shop or cafe in Anson County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
At $2,868 per household (30% below the U.S. average), households in Anson County spend about $24.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $24.5M of household spending for each cafe on map listings. 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 3 businesses with payroll in Anson County classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars. That is one for every 2,849 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.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anson County declined 2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, Anson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Anson County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Anson County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 9.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $24.5M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 2,849 | 1,926 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,868 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $47,302 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 24
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $452K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Anson 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 Anson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,758−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,548
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 42
- Median household income
- $47,302+17.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $61,087
- Median home value
- $148,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,675
- Daytime population
- 18,537Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chatham County, NC | 93 | 24 | 7.3 | $6.2M | +11.0% | #11 of 2,063 |
| 2Franklin County, NC | 89 | 14 | 4.9 | $7.5M | +18.8% | #24 of 2,063 |
| 3Davie County, NC | 88 | 9 | 5.2 | $7.4M | +6.9% | #29 of 2,063 |
| 4Hoke County, NC | 82 | 10 | 5.2 | $6.7M | +9.0% | #77 of 2,063 |
| 5Johnston County, NC | 82 | 59 | 6.9 | $5.7M | +17.9% | #84 of 2,063 |
| 6Harnett County, NC | 80 | 36 | 7.2 | $5M | +12.3% | #111 of 2,063 |
| 7Davidson County, NC | 79 | 38 | 5.4 | $6.3M | +6.6% | #117 of 2,063 |
| 8Gaston County, NC | 79 | 61 | 6.5 | $5.5M | +7.8% | #120 of 2,063 |
| 9Granville County, NC | 78 | 8 | 3.6 | $10.3M | +2.1% | #127 of 2,063 |
| 10Union County, NC | 78 | 59 | 7.0 | $6.6M | +11.7% | #133 of 2,063 |
| Anson County, NC | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $24.5M | −2.1% |
Other business types in Anson County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes45
- Sit-down restaurants55
- Fast food and sandwich shops10
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes
- Bakeries and dessert shops38
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Anson County, NC?
There is 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings in Anson County as of September 2026. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes.
How much do households in Anson County, NC spend on food away from home?
About $24.5M a year, or $2,868 per household. That is 30% below the U.S. average (an index of 70, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, it comes to $24.5M 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 8,548 households in Anson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anson County, NC compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Anson County has 1 coffee shop or cafe on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Anson County would have about 7, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,849 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Anson County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Anson County at 21,758 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,548 households. The median household income in Anson County is $47,302 a year, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.6% 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. Anson County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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