Food and drink · County · Virginia
Coffee shops and cafes in Winchester city, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for coffee shops and cafes in Winchester city, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 22 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,950 of 2,063 scored counties
#84 of 88 scored counties in Virginia
- Listings
- 25
- 10 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Household spending a year
- $40M
- On food away from home · $3,481 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 57% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 98% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,272
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Winchester city scores 22 (low) on the Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes, ranking #1,950 of 2,063 scored counties and #84 of 88 scored counties in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $3,481 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in Winchester city spend about $40M a year on food away from home. That works out to $1.6M per cafe, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.
Winchester city has 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.8, 98% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Winchester city was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 1,277 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 show Winchester city grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Winchester 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 | Winchester city | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 8.6 | 11.0 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $5.1M | $3.7M |
| Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars) | 1,277 | 2,220 | 1,518 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.1% | +24.3% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $3,481 | $4,372 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $63,974 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 22 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
- Employees, 2023
- 107
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2510 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Winchester 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 Winchester city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,272+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 11,492
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 44%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 9 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,035
- Median household income
- $63,974+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,976
- Median home value
- $343,000
- Jobs located here
- 27,462
- Daytime population
- 42,088Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for coffee shops and cafes, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Winchester city marked.
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 |
| 84Winchester city, VA | 22 | 25 | 21.8 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #1,950 of 2,063 |
Other business types in Winchester city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes18
- Sit-down restaurants18
- Fast food and sandwich shops17
- Pizza16
- Coffee shops and cafes22
- Bakeries and dessert shops18
Groceries and convenience
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Questions
How many coffee shops and cafes are in Winchester city, VA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 coffee shops and cafes in Winchester city. 10 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in 2023. The official count takes in all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, not only coffee shops and cafes: bakeries and dessert shops are counted too. Another 3 one-person businesses have no payroll, by official counts.
How much do households in Winchester city, VA spend on food away from home?
About $40M a year, or $3,481 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 11,492 households in Winchester city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Winchester city, VA compare with the U.S. for coffee shops and cafes?
Winchester city has 21.8 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 98% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.6M, 57% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Winchester city would have about 11, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,277 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.
How fast is Winchester city, VA growing?
Population estimates put Winchester city at 28,272 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,492 households. Median household income in Winchester city is $63,974, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 8.8%, 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. Winchester city scores 22 for coffee shops and cafes (low), #1,950 of 2,063 scored counties.
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