Food and drink · County · South Carolina
Coffee shops and cafes in Chester County, SC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Chester County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #799 of 2,063 scored counties
#25 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $39.7M
- On food away from home · $3,020 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 52% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,001
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on food away from home in Chester County comes to about $39.7M a year: $3,020 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. That is about $5.7M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 53% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Chester County has 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chester County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Chester County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Chester County is 55 (upper middle), #799 of 2,063 scored counties and #25 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina.
How Chester County compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Chester County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 8.4 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $4.4M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 2,612 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +28.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,020 | $3,660 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $52,458 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 75 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/aAll snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Chester 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 Chester County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,001+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 13,159
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 55
- Median household income
- $52,458+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,310
- Median home value
- $158,300
- Jobs located here
- 10,197
- Daytime population
- 27,098Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Chester County marked.
Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lancaster County, SC | 90 | 23 | 5.7 | $6.9M | +18.3% | #22 of 2,063 |
| 2Berkeley County, SC | 87 | 62 | 6.6 | $5.9M | +18.7% | #44 of 2,063 |
| 3Aiken County, SC | 85 | 37 | 5.3 | $6.9M | +7.3% | #49 of 2,063 |
| 4Jasper County, SC | 83 | 5 | 3.8 | $9.1M | +32.2% | #60 of 2,063 |
| 5Dorchester County, SC | 83 | 47 | 7.4 | $5.2M | +10.1% | #70 of 2,063 |
| 6York County, SC | 82 | 74 | 6.5 | $6.5M | +8.1% | #81 of 2,063 |
| 7Kershaw County, SC | 82 | 15 | 5.6 | $6.4M | +11.6% | #82 of 2,063 |
| 8Lexington County, SC | 79 | 88 | 7.2 | $5.3M | +7.7% | #123 of 2,063 |
| 9Oconee County, SC | 77 | 21 | 6.1 | $5.7M | +6.3% | #154 of 2,063 |
| 10Laurens County, SC | 73 | 15 | 5.6 | $5.7M | +6.2% | #235 of 2,063 |
| 25Chester County, SC | 55 | 7 | 5.3 | $5.7M | +2.2% | #799 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Chester County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes54
- Sit-down restaurants54
- Fast food and sandwich shops42
- Pizza53
- Coffee shops and cafes55
- Bakeries and dessert shops52
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
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Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Chester County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 coffee shops and cafes in Chester County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chester County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Chester County, SC spend on food away from home?
About $39.7M a year, or $3,020 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 13,159 households in Chester County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chester County, SC compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Chester County has 5.3 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $5.7M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Chester County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Chester County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Chester County at 33,001 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,159 households. Median household income in Chester County is $52,458, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Chester County scores 55 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #799 of 2,063 scored counties.
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