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Coffee shops and cafes in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #219 of 387 scored metro areas
#8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee

Listings
127
47 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
66
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +61.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$439.7M
On food away from home · $3,521 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
7% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
10.2
7% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
349,001
+8.5% 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 the Clarksville metro area comes to about $439.7M a year: $3,521 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

The Clarksville metro area has 127 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 47 of them (37%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.2, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Clarksville metro area was 66 in 2023, up 61.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,892 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $715K have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in the Clarksville metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Clarksville metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For coffee shops and cafes, the Clarksville metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #219 of 387 scored metro areas and #8 of 10 scored metro areas based in Tennessee.

How the Clarksville metro area compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureClarksville metro areaTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households10.29.311.0
Spending per listing$3.5M$4M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,8921,8691,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+61.0%+62.3%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,521$3,670$4,070
Median household income$68,967$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4759

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
66All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +61.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
786
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
7All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
12747 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
119The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$715K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
349,001+8.5% since 2020
Households
124,867
Median age
34.2
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,158 sq. mi.
People per square mile
155
Median household income
$68,967+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,173
Median home value
$253,300
Jobs located here
93,447
Daytime population
310,494Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Tennessee

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Tennessee for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Tennessee, with the Clarksville metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Tennessee

Metro areas in Tennessee ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Knoxville, TN673058.1$4.6M+6.9%#62 of 387
2Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA65856.5$5.1M+2.3%#75 of 387
3Morristown, TN64357.3$4.6M+7.9%#83 of 387
4Chattanooga, TN-GA622109.1$4.1M+5.3%#99 of 387
5Johnson City, TN59707.9$4.2M+4.3%#122 of 387
6Memphis, TN-MS-AR554077.8$4.7M−0.3%#149 of 387
7Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN5593811.3$3.6M+8.7%#156 of 387
8Clarksville, TN-KY4712710.2$3.5M+8.5%#219 of 387
9Cleveland, TN475210.4$3.3M+6.1%#221 of 387
10Jackson, TN35669.1$3.6M+2.2%#311 of 387

Other business types in the Clarksville 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 Clarksville, TN-KY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 127 coffee shops and cafes in the Clarksville metro area. 47 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 61.0% 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 7 one-person businesses without payroll.

How much do households in the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area spend on food away from home?

About $439.7M a year, or $3,521 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 127 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 124,867 households in the Clarksville metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?

The Clarksville metro area has 10.2 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $3.5M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, the Clarksville metro area would have about 119, against 127 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,892 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 61.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is the Clarksville, TN-KY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Clarksville metro area at 349,001 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 124,867 households. Median household income in the Clarksville metro area is $68,967, 15% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.1%, 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 Clarksville metro area scores 47 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #219 of 387 scored metro areas.

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