Food and drink · Metro area · North Dakota
Coffee shops and cafes in the Minot, ND metro area
How the Minot, ND 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 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #323 of 387 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota
- Listings
- 34
- 10 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 27
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $126.2M
- On food away from home · $3,972 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.7M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 75,694
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
For coffee shops and cafes, the Minot metro area has a Groundwork market score of 33 (lower middle): #323 of 387 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Household spending on food away from home in the Minot metro area comes to about $126.2M a year: $3,972 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.7M per cafe, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
The Minot metro area has 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 29%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 10.7 for every 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Minot metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 1,177 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Population estimates put the population change in the Minot metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Minot 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 | Minot metro area | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 14.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.7M | $2.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,177 | 1,409 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,972 | $3,940 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $78,200 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 27All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 212
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3410 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 34The 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 Minot 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 Minot metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 75,694−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 31,781
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,764 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $78,200+13.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,202
- Median home value
- $254,000
- Jobs located here
- 32,284
- Daytime population
- 74,187Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Dakota for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with the Minot metro area marked.
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 Minot metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes44
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops44
- Pizza33
- Coffee shops and cafes33
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Minot, ND metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 coffee shops and cafes in the Minot metro area. 10 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too.
How much do households in the Minot, ND metro area spend on food away from home?
About $126.2M a year, or $3,972 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.7M 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 31,781 households in the Minot metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Minot, ND metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
The Minot metro area has 10.7 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.7M, in line with the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,177 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is the Minot, ND metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Minot metro area at 75,694 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 31,781 households. Median household income in the Minot metro area is $78,200, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.9%, 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 Minot metro area scores 33 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas.
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