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Coffee shops and cafes in San Juan County, UT
The coffee shops and cafes in San Juan County, UT, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,981 of 2,063 scored counties
#18 of 18 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.5M
- On food away from home · $3,400 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.6
- 60% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,542
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in San Juan County is 20 (low), #1,981 of 2,063 scored counties and #18 of 18 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 coffee shops and cafes in San Juan County. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 17.6 per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
At $3,400 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in San Juan County spend about $15.5M a year on food away from home. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. That spending covers all food away from home, which coffee shops and cafes share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in San Juan County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in San Juan County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How San Juan County compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | San Juan County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.6 | 11.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.7M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | n/a | 1,300 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +33.7% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,400 | $4,339 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $64,481 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 61 |
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
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 San Juan 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 San Juan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,542+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 4,555
- Median age
- 34.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 7,824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 2
- Median household income
- $64,481+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,086
- Median home value
- $224,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,444
- Daytime population
- 14,561Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Utah for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Utah, with San Juan County marked.
Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 81 | 19 | 7.9 | $5.6M | +19.2% | #93 of 2,063 |
| 2Cache County, UT | 75 | 30 | 6.8 | $5.8M | +8.5% | #188 of 2,063 |
| 3Box Elder County, UT | 73 | 12 | 6.1 | $6.4M | +12.7% | #228 of 2,063 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 70 | 90 | 7.8 | $6M | +4.8% | #293 of 2,063 |
| 5Utah County, UT | 69 | 178 | 8.8 | $5.1M | +14.5% | #328 of 2,063 |
| 6Sevier County, UT | 69 | 6 | 8.0 | $4.6M | +5.9% | #339 of 2,063 |
| 7Wasatch County, UT | 65 | 15 | 11.6 | $4.3M | +9.9% | #444 of 2,063 |
| 8Weber County, UT | 61 | 92 | 9.8 | $4.2M | +5.8% | #572 of 2,063 |
| 9Sanpete County, UT | 58 | 6 | 6.8 | $5.3M | +10.3% | #678 of 2,063 |
| 10Uintah County, UT | 58 | 9 | 7.4 | $5M | +7.3% | #680 of 2,063 |
| 18San Juan County, UT | 20 | 8 | 17.6 | $1.9M | +0.1% | #1,981 of 2,063 |
Other business types in San Juan County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes29
- Sit-down restaurants24
- Fast food and sandwich shops37
- Pizza
- Coffee shops and cafes20
- Bakeries and dessert shops
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in San Juan County, UT?
There are 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in San Juan County as of September 2026. 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 San Juan County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in San Juan County, UT spend on food away from home?
About $15.5M a year, or $3,400 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per cafe. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,555 households in San Juan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Juan County, UT compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
San Juan County has 17.6 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 60% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.9M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, San Juan County would have about 4, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is San Juan County, UT growing?
Population estimates put San Juan County at 14,542 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,555 households. The median household income in San Juan County is $64,481 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. San Juan County scores 20 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,981 of 2,063 scored counties.
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