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Coffee shops and cafes in Summit County, UT

How Summit County, UT compares with other counties and the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,766 of 2,063 scored counties
#17 of 18 scored counties in Utah

Listings
59
15 chain locations (25%)
Official establishments
22
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +4.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$84.9M
On food away from home · $5,400 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
37.5
3.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
43,141
+1.6% 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

Summit County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,766 of 2,063 scored counties and #17 of 18 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Summit County comes to about $84.9M a year: $5,400 per household, 33% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 61% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

There are 59 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Summit County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 37.5 per 10,000 households, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0.

Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Summit County in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 715 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. Population estimates put the population change in Summit County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Summit 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.

Coffee shops and cafes in Summit County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureSummit CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households37.511.611.0
Spending per listing$1.4M$3.7M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)7151,3001,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.8%+33.7%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$5,400$4,339$4,070
Median household income$138,114$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score3061

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
21 → 22All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +4.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
243
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
0All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
5915 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
23The 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 Summit 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 Summit County

Population, 2025 estimate
43,141+1.6% since 2020
Households
15,730
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,871 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$138,114+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$211,102
Median home value
$1,067,700
Jobs located here
32,548
Daytime population
50,344Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT81197.9$5.6M+19.2%#93 of 2,063
2Cache County, UT75306.8$5.8M+8.5%#188 of 2,063
3Box Elder County, UT73126.1$6.4M+12.7%#228 of 2,063
4Davis County, UT70907.8$6M+4.8%#293 of 2,063
5Utah County, UT691788.8$5.1M+14.5%#328 of 2,063
6Sevier County, UT6968.0$4.6M+5.9%#339 of 2,063
7Wasatch County, UT651511.6$4.3M+9.9%#444 of 2,063
8Weber County, UT61929.8$4.2M+5.8%#572 of 2,063
9Sanpete County, UT5866.8$5.3M+10.3%#678 of 2,063
10Uintah County, UT5897.4$5M+7.3%#680 of 2,063
17Summit County, UT305937.5$1.4M+1.6%#1,766 of 2,063

Other business types in Summit County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Summit County, UT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 59 coffee shops and cafes in Summit County. 15 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 4.8% 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.

How much do households in Summit County, UT spend on food away from home?

About $84.9M a year, or $5,400 per household. That is 33% above the U.S. average (an index of 133, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 59 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 15,730 households in Summit County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Summit County has 37.5 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 3.4 times the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.4M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Summit County would have about 23, against 59 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 715 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.

How fast is Summit County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Summit County at 43,141 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,730 households. Median household income in Summit County is $138,114, 71% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Summit County scores 30 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,766 of 2,063 scored counties.

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