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Coffee shops and cafes in Chesterfield County, SC

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Chesterfield County, SC, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #452 of 2,063 scored counties
#17 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$52.9M
On food away from home · $3,018 a household
Spending per listing
$7.6M
Twice the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
64% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
44,740
+3.4% 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

Household spending on food away from home in Chesterfield County comes to about $52.9M a year: $3,018 per household, 26% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 coffee shops and cafes, that is $7.6M per cafe, twice the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 7 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Chesterfield County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.0, 64% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chesterfield County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chesterfield County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Chesterfield County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #452 of 2,063 scored counties and #17 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Chesterfield 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Chesterfield County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureChesterfield CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.08.411.0
Spending per listing$7.6M$4.4M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)n/a2,6121,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.1%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,018$3,660$4,070
Median household income$49,235$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score6475

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The 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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield County

Population, 2025 estimate
44,740+3.4% since 2020
Households
17,534
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
799 sq. mi.
People per square mile
55
Median household income
$49,235+18.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$69,908
Median home value
$116,200
Jobs located here
14,899
Daytime population
38,839Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Chesterfield County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lancaster County, SC90235.7$6.9M+18.3%#22 of 2,063
2Berkeley County, SC87626.6$5.9M+18.7%#44 of 2,063
3Aiken County, SC85375.3$6.9M+7.3%#49 of 2,063
4Jasper County, SC8353.8$9.1M+32.2%#60 of 2,063
5Dorchester County, SC83477.4$5.2M+10.1%#70 of 2,063
6York County, SC82746.5$6.5M+8.1%#81 of 2,063
7Kershaw County, SC82155.6$6.4M+11.6%#82 of 2,063
8Lexington County, SC79887.2$5.3M+7.7%#123 of 2,063
9Oconee County, SC77216.1$5.7M+6.3%#154 of 2,063
10Laurens County, SC73155.6$5.7M+6.2%#235 of 2,063
17Chesterfield County, SC6474.0$7.6M+3.4%#452 of 2,063

Other business types in Chesterfield County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Chesterfield County, SC?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 coffee shops and cafes in Chesterfield County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. No official count is published for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Chesterfield County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Chesterfield County, SC spend on food away from home?

About $52.9M a year, or $3,018 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 $7.6M 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 17,534 households in Chesterfield County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chesterfield County, SC compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

Chesterfield County has 4.0 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 64% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $7.6M, twice the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Chesterfield County would have about 14, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is Chesterfield County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Chesterfield County at 44,740 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,534 households. Median household income in Chesterfield County is $49,235, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.6%, 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. Chesterfield County scores 64 for coffee shops and cafes (upper middle), #452 of 2,063 scored counties.

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