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Coffee shops and cafes in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area

How the Oklahoma City, OK 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 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #218 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
601
261 chain locations (43%)
Official establishments
339
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +53.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.1B
On food away from home · $3,720 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
5% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.5
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,512,813
+5.8% 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 $3,720 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Oklahoma City metro area spend about $2.1B a year on food away from home. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Oklahoma City metro area has 601 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 261 of them (43%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.5, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

In 2023, official counts showed 339 businesses with payroll in the Oklahoma City metro area classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, up 53.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,685 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 123 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $7M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Oklahoma City metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Oklahoma City metro area grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Oklahoma City metro area scores 47 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #218 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma.

How the Oklahoma City metro area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma City, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureOklahoma City metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.510.511.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.3M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,6851,9341,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+53.6%+48.8%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,720$3,519$4,070
Median household income$72,094$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score4749

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
339All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +53.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,807
Annual payroll, 2023
$68.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
123All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
601261 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
574The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
17
Amount
$7M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,512,813+5.8% since 2020
Households
571,211
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
5,512 sq. mi.
People per square mile
265
Median household income
$72,094+22.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,782
Median home value
$230,000
Jobs located here
659,352
Daytime population
1,507,973Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Oklahoma

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

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oklahoma City, OK4760110.5$3.5M+5.8%#218 of 387
2Tulsa, OK4642010.3$3.5M+5.1%#226 of 387
3Enid, OK41239.6$3.6M−1.5%#270 of 387
4Lawton, OK40398.3$4M+0.7%#274 of 387
Fort Smith, AR-OK399910.9$3M+3.1%#287 of 387

Other business types in the Oklahoma City metro area

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 601 coffee shops and cafes in the Oklahoma City metro area. 261 of them (43%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 339 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 53.6% 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 123 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Oklahoma City, OK metro area spend on food away from home?

About $2.1B a year, or $3,720 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 601 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 571,211 households in the Oklahoma City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Oklahoma City, OK metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Oklahoma City metro area has 10.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Oklahoma City metro area would have about 574, against 601 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,685 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 53.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Oklahoma City, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Oklahoma City metro area at 1,512,813 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 571,211 households. Median household income in the Oklahoma City metro area is $72,094, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.0%, 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 Oklahoma City metro area scores 47 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #218 of 387 scored metro areas.

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