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Coffee shops and cafes in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area

How the Canton-Massillon, OH 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #190 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio

Listings
136
48 chain locations (35%)
Official establishments
88
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +27.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$605M
On food away from home · $3,619 a household
Spending per listing
$4.4M
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.1
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
400,246
−0.2% 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 $3,619 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Canton-Massillon metro area spend about $605M a year on food away from home. That is about $4.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Canton-Massillon metro area has 136 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 48 of them (35%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 8.1 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Canton-Massillon metro area was 88 in 2023, up 27.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,900 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. Official counts list 18 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $632K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Canton-Massillon metro area.

Population estimates show the Canton-Massillon metro area declined 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in the Canton-Massillon metro area is 50 (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 12 scored metro areas based in Ohio.

How the Canton-Massillon metro area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Canton-Massillon, OH metro area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureCanton-Massillon metro areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.18.011.0
Spending per listing$4.4M$4.8M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,9001,9961,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+27.5%+27.9%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.2%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,619$3,829$4,070
Median household income$67,801$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5064

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
88All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +27.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,200
Annual payroll, 2023
$21.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
18All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
13648 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
163The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
7
Amount
$632K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Canton-Massillon 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 Canton-Massillon metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
400,246−0.2% since 2020
Households
167,161
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
970 sq. mi.
People per square mile
413
Median household income
$67,801+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,722
Median home value
$186,200
Jobs located here
167,864
Daytime population
384,518Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Ohio

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Ohio for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Ohio (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Canton-Massillon metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Ohio

Metro areas in Ohio ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Columbus, OH718279.6$4.4M+4.7%#38 of 387
2Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN707508.3$5M+2.7%#41 of 387
3Springfield, OH64295.2$6.8M−0.4%#81 of 387
4Akron, OH632237.5$5.1M0.0%#90 of 387
5Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH632677.8$4.9M+1.5%#91 of 387
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH59956.2$5.4M−2.6%#116 of 387
6Cleveland, OH597428.0$4.8M−0.8%#118 of 387
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH55336.6$5M−3.6%#145 of 387
Wheeling, WV-OH50417.1$4.7M−3.6%#188 of 387
7Canton-Massillon, OH501368.1$4.4M−0.2%#190 of 387

Other business types in the Canton-Massillon metro area

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Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 136 coffee shops and cafes in the Canton-Massillon metro area. 48 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 27.5% from 2019. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Official counts also show 18 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area spend on food away from home?

About $605M a year, or $3,619 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 136 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4.4M 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 167,161 households in the Canton-Massillon metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Canton-Massillon metro area has 8.1 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4.4M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Canton-Massillon metro area would have about 163, against 136 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,900 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Canton-Massillon, OH metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Canton-Massillon metro area at 400,246 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,161 households. Median household income in the Canton-Massillon metro area is $67,801, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.6%, 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 Canton-Massillon metro area scores 50 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #190 of 387 scored metro areas.

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