Food and drink · Metro area · North Dakota
Coffee shops and cafes in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #199 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 136
- 58 chain locations (43%)
- Official establishments
- 65
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +16.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $437M
- On food away from home · $3,959 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 269,528
- +7.7% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 136 coffee shops and cafes in the Fargo metro area. Chain locations make up 43% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 12.3 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Households in the Fargo metro area spend about $437M a year on food away from home, or $3,959 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 136 coffee shops and cafes, that is $3.2M per cafe, 13% 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.
Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fargo metro area in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,698 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. Another 14 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $352K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fargo metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Fargo metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +7.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Fargo metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #199 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota.
How the Fargo metro area compares
The same measures for North Dakota 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 | Fargo metro area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,698 | 1,409 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.1% | +48.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.7% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,959 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $76,756 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +16.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 943
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 14All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13658 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 118The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $352K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Fargo 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 Fargo metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 269,528+7.7% since 2020
- Households
- 110,387
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,810 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $76,756+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,833
- Median home value
- $289,100
- Jobs located here
- 152,491
- Daytime population
- 275,728Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fargo, ND-MN | 50 | 136 | 12.3 | $3.2M | +7.7% | #199 of 387 |
| 2Bismarck, ND | 43 | 77 | 13.8 | $3M | +4.5% | #258 of 387 |
| 3Minot, ND | 33 | 34 | 10.7 | $3.7M | −2.4% | #323 of 387 |
| 4Grand Forks, ND-MN | 33 | 56 | 12.8 | $2.9M | +0.8% | #324 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fargo metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes83
- Sit-down restaurants85
- Fast food and sandwich shops69
- Pizza66
- Coffee shops and cafes50
- Bakeries and dessert shops75
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area?
The Fargo metro area has 136 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 58 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 16.1% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Official counts list 14 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area spend on food away from home?
About $437M a year, or $3,959 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 110,387 households in the Fargo metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fargo, ND-MN metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Fargo metro area has 12.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Fargo metro area would have about 118, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,698 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is the Fargo, ND-MN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fargo metro area at 269,528 people in 2025, up 7.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 110,387 households. The median household income in the Fargo metro area is $76,756 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.7% 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. The Fargo metro area scores 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #199 of 387 scored metro areas.
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