Food and drink · Small-town market · North Carolina
Coffee shops and cafes in the Laurinburg, NC area
The coffee shops and cafes in the Laurinburg, NC area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #227 of 529 scored small-town markets
#14 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.2M
- On food away from home · $2,954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.2M
- 67% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 56% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,322
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 coffee shops and cafes in the Laurinburg area. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Laurinburg area spend about $37.2M a year on food away from home, or $2,954 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 67% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Laurinburg area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Official counts also show 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Laurinburg area declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For coffee shops and cafes, the Laurinburg area has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #227 of 529 scored small-town markets and #14 of 23 scored small-town markets based in North Carolina.
How the Laurinburg area 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 | Laurinburg area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 9.3 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $6.2M | $4.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,926 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +41.8% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $2,954 | $3,776 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $45,730 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 64 |
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
- 7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Laurinburg 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 Laurinburg area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,322−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,580
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 319 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 105
- Median household income
- $45,730+22.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,579
- Median home value
- $114,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,781
- Daytime population
- 32,005Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in North Carolina for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Laurinburg area marked.
Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Anderson Creek, NC | 85 | 36 | 7.2 | $5M | +12.3% | #4 of 529 |
| 2Lumberton, NC | 72 | 19 | 4.4 | $6.4M | +3.4% | #41 of 529 |
| 3Sanford, NC | 70 | 17 | 6.8 | $5.1M | +10.8% | #59 of 529 |
| 4Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 69 | 28 | 7.2 | $4.5M | +3.4% | #64 of 529 |
| 5Marion, NC | 65 | 8 | 4.3 | $7.5M | +1.5% | #98 of 529 |
| 6Wilson, NC | 64 | 24 | 7.3 | $4.4M | +1.7% | #112 of 529 |
| 7New Bern, NC | 64 | 45 | 8.6 | $4M | +3.6% | #113 of 529 |
| 8Henderson, NC | 63 | 6 | 3.7 | $8.3M | +0.2% | #117 of 529 |
| 9North Wilkesboro, NC | 61 | 14 | 5.2 | $5.8M | +0.6% | #143 of 529 |
| 10Waynesville, NC | 59 | 24 | 8.8 | $3.8M | +1.9% | #172 of 529 |
| 14Laurinburg, NC | 53 | 6 | 4.8 | $6.2M | −0.3% | #227 of 529 |
Other business types in the Laurinburg area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes55
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops18
- Pizza34
- Coffee shops and cafes53
- Bakeries and dessert shops
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Laurinburg, NC area?
There are 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in the Laurinburg area as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Laurinburg area: counts under 3 are left out. Official counts list 7 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Laurinburg, NC area spend on food away from home?
About $37.2M a year, or $2,954 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $6.2M 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 12,580 households in the Laurinburg area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Laurinburg, NC area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Laurinburg area has 4.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 56% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $6.2M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Laurinburg area would have about 10, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Laurinburg, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Laurinburg area at 33,322 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,580 households. The median household income in the Laurinburg area is $45,730 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Laurinburg area scores 53 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #227 of 529 scored small-town markets.
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