Food and drink · County · Virginia
Coffee shops and cafes in Virginia Beach city, VA
How Virginia Beach city, VA 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,044 of 2,063 scored counties
#56 of 88 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 194
- 89 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 114
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +15.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $770.2M
- On food away from home · $4,283 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 7% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.8
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 453,737
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 194 coffee shops and cafes in Virginia Beach city. Chain locations make up 46% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.8, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0.
Household spending on food away from home in Virginia Beach city comes to about $770.2M a year: $4,283 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 194 coffee shops and cafes, that is $4M per cafe, 7% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Virginia Beach city was 114 in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. 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 17 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $4.7M have gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Virginia Beach city.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Virginia Beach city declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Virginia Beach city is 49 (lower middle), #1,044 of 2,063 scored counties and #56 of 88 scored counties in Virginia.
How Virginia Beach city compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Virginia Beach city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.8 | 8.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $5.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,578 | 2,220 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.2% | +21.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,283 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $92,968 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 99 → 114All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars · +15.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,496
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $31.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 17All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 19489 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 208The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $4.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Virginia Beach city, 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 Virginia Beach city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 453,737−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 179,851
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 245 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,865
- Median household income
- $92,968+21.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $120,769
- Median home value
- $382,500
- Jobs located here
- 180,420
- Daytime population
- 440,196Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Goochland County, VA | 98 | 6 | 5.8 | $8.7M | +17.4% | #1 of 2,063 |
| 2King George County, VA | 96 | 5 | 4.9 | $9.7M | +10.5% | #2 of 2,063 |
| 3Stafford County, VA | 95 | 32 | 6.1 | $8.7M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,063 |
| 4Frederick County, VA | 94 | 17 | 4.8 | $9.2M | +8.8% | #4 of 2,063 |
| 5New Kent County, VA | 94 | 5 | 5.4 | $8.9M | +21.2% | #5 of 2,063 |
| 6Caroline County, VA | 93 | 5 | 4.2 | $9.7M | +11.3% | #6 of 2,063 |
| 7Chesterfield County, VA | 93 | 76 | 5.4 | $8.3M | +8.7% | #8 of 2,063 |
| 8Orange County, VA | 93 | 8 | 5.4 | $8M | +10.1% | #10 of 2,063 |
| 9Spotsylvania County, VA | 92 | 27 | 5.1 | $9.1M | +10.5% | #15 of 2,063 |
| 10Suffolk city, VA | 91 | 24 | 6.3 | $6.6M | +10.4% | #18 of 2,063 |
| 56Virginia Beach city, VA | 49 | 194 | 10.8 | $4M | −1.3% | #1,044 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Virginia Beach city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes36
- Sit-down restaurants31
- Fast food and sandwich shops45
- Pizza46
- Coffee shops and cafes49
- Bakeries and dessert shops41
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
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Health care
Child care
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Virginia Beach city, VA?
There are 194 coffee shops and cafes on map listings in Virginia Beach city as of September 2026. 89 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023, up 15.2% from 2019. That count covers all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars (bakeries and dessert shops included), not only coffee shops and cafes. Another 17 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Virginia Beach city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $770.2M a year, or $4,283 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 194 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 179,851 households in Virginia Beach city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Virginia Beach city, VA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Virginia Beach city has 10.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $4M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the national ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Virginia Beach city would have about 208, against 194 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,578 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +24.3% for the U.S.
How fast is Virginia Beach city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Virginia Beach city at 453,737 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 179,851 households. The median household income in Virginia Beach city is $92,968 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.4% 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. Virginia Beach city scores 49 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,044 of 2,063 scored counties.
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