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Coffee shops and cafes in Greene County, NC

How Greene County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$20.3M
On food away from home · $2,939 a household
Spending per listing
$10.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,700
+1.3% 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

At $2,939 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Greene County spend about $20.3M a year on food away from home. That works out to $10.2M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Greene County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Greene County, since they leave out counts under 3. Official counts list 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

Population estimates put the population change in Greene County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, Greene County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Greene 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Greene County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureGreene CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.99.311.0
Spending per listing$10.2M$4.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a1,9261,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+41.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.3%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$2,939$3,776$4,070
Median household income$53,244$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored64

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Greene 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 Greene County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,700+1.3% since 2020
Households
6,912
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
267 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$53,244+33.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,162
Median home value
$117,400
Jobs located here
4,734
Daytime population
16,964Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Greene County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chatham County, NC93247.3$6.2M+11.0%#11 of 2,063
2Franklin County, NC89144.9$7.5M+18.8%#24 of 2,063
3Davie County, NC8895.2$7.4M+6.9%#29 of 2,063
4Hoke County, NC82105.2$6.7M+9.0%#77 of 2,063
5Johnston County, NC82596.9$5.7M+17.9%#84 of 2,063
6Harnett County, NC80367.2$5M+12.3%#111 of 2,063
7Davidson County, NC79385.4$6.3M+6.6%#117 of 2,063
8Gaston County, NC79616.5$5.5M+7.8%#120 of 2,063
9Granville County, NC7883.6$10.3M+2.1%#127 of 2,063
10Union County, NC78597.0$6.6M+11.7%#133 of 2,063
Greene County, NCNot scored22.9$10.2M+1.3%

Other business types in Greene County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Greene County, NC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 coffee shops and cafes in Greene County. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Greene County: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts also show 3 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in Greene County, NC spend on food away from home?

About $20.3M a year, or $2,939 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $10.2M 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 6,912 households in Greene County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Greene County has 2 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Greene County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Greene County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Greene County at 20,700 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,912 households. Median household income in Greene County is $53,244, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.7%, 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. Greene County has no market score for coffee shops and cafes: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for coffee shops and cafes · All 56 business types in Greene County

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