Food and drink · County · Oregon
Coffee shops and cafes in Clackamas County, OR
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Clackamas County, OR, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,324 of 2,063 scored counties
#6 of 29 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 237
- 124 chain locations (52%)
- Official establishments
- 134
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +7.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $754.2M
- On food away from home · $4,603 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.5
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 426,280
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Clackamas County comes to about $754.2M a year: $4,603 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Clackamas County has 237 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 52% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.5, 32% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Clackamas County in 2023, up 7.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,223 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 also show 15 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $769K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Clackamas County.
Population estimates show Clackamas County grew 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, Clackamas County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #1,324 of 2,063 scored counties and #6 of 29 scored counties in Oregon.
How Clackamas County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Clackamas County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.5 | 18.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.2M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,223 | 1,025 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.2% | +11.5% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,603 | $4,070 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $103,517 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 125 → 134All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +7.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,785
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $39M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 15All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237124 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 204The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $769K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Clackamas County, 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 Clackamas County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 426,280+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 163,845
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,871 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 227
- Median household income
- $103,517+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,183
- Median home value
- $611,000
- Jobs located here
- 181,774
- Daytime population
- 404,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Crook County, OR | 58 | 14 | 13.0 | $3M | +10.6% | #708 of 2,063 |
| 2Polk County, OR | 53 | 35 | 10.6 | $3.8M | +2.3% | #898 of 2,063 |
| 3Washington County, OR | 46 | 323 | 13.7 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #1,178 of 2,063 |
| 4Jefferson County, OR | 45 | 17 | 19.3 | $1.9M | +4.7% | #1,228 of 2,063 |
| 5Columbia County, OR | 44 | 25 | 11.9 | $3.3M | +2.6% | #1,251 of 2,063 |
| 6Clackamas County, OR | 42 | 237 | 14.5 | $3.2M | +0.9% | #1,324 of 2,063 |
| 7Deschutes County, OR | 38 | 179 | 21.1 | $2.1M | +6.8% | #1,503 of 2,063 |
| 8Marion County, OR | 37 | 196 | 15.4 | $2.5M | +2.7% | #1,531 of 2,063 |
| 9Benton County, OR | 37 | 72 | 18.7 | $2.1M | +4.4% | #1,537 of 2,063 |
| 10Yamhill County, OR | 35 | 73 | 18.6 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #1,595 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Clackamas County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes59
- Sit-down restaurants60
- Fast food and sandwich shops70
- Pizza69
- Coffee shops and cafes42
- Bakeries and dessert shops60
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
Child care
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Clackamas County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 237 coffee shops and cafes in Clackamas County. 124 of them (52%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 134 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 7.2% 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. Another 15 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Clackamas County, OR spend on food away from home?
About $754.2M a year, or $4,603 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 237 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 163,845 households in Clackamas County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clackamas County, OR compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Clackamas County has 14.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.2M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Clackamas County would have about 204, against 237 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,223 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Clackamas County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Clackamas County at 426,280 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,845 households. Median household income in Clackamas County is $103,517, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.6%, 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. Clackamas County scores 42 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,324 of 2,063 scored counties.
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