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Coffee shops and cafes in Burnett County, WI

How Burnett County, WI 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,729 of 2,063 scored counties
#57 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin

Listings
15
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
5
All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Household spending a year
$25.4M
On food away from home · $3,534 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
54% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
20.9
90% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
17,223
+3.9% 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

The Groundwork market score for coffee shops and cafes in Burnett County is 31 (lower middle), #1,729 of 2,063 scored counties and #57 of 64 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on food away from home in Burnett County comes to about $25.4M a year: $3,534 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each cafe on map listings, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only coffee shops and cafes.

Burnett County has 15 coffee shops and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 20.9 for every 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 11.0.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Burnett County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 1,438 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. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $20K has gone to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Burnett County. Population estimates put the population change in Burnett County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Burnett County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Burnett County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureBurnett CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households20.99.711.0
Spending per listing$1.7M$4.1M$3.7M
Households per official establishment (all snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars)1,4381,9951,518
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+36.4%+24.3%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on food away from home$3,534$3,959$4,070
Median household income$62,819$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score3159

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$846K
One-person businesses, 2023
3All snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars with no payroll
Map listings, September 2026
151 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$20K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars in Burnett 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 Burnett County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,223+3.9% since 2020
Households
7,188
Median age
54.7
Homes lived in by their owners
86%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
822 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$62,819+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,457
Median home value
$231,300
Jobs located here
5,205
Daytime population
15,506Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Coffee shops and cafes across Wisconsin

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

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for coffee shops and cafes by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oconto County, WI8395.4$7.2M+2.9%#65 of 2,063
2Washington County, WI82346.0$7.4M+1.8%#74 of 2,063
3Calumet County, WI7773.3$12.8M+2.9%#147 of 2,063
4Racine County, WI74475.8$6.8M+0.4%#200 of 2,063
5Pierce County, WI74148.8$4.9M+3.1%#215 of 2,063
6Kewaunee County, WI7356.0$6.6M+1.0%#227 of 2,063
7Dodge County, WI72226.1$6.2M−0.3%#247 of 2,063
8Adams County, WI7155.3$6.4M+5.2%#267 of 2,063
9Chippewa County, WI71176.3$6M+1.9%#270 of 2,063
10Waukesha County, WI711408.3$5.7M+2.4%#271 of 2,063
57Burnett County, WI311520.9$1.7M+3.9%#1,729 of 2,063

Other business types in Burnett County

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

Questions

How many coffee shops and cafes are in Burnett County, WI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 coffee shops and cafes in Burnett County. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count coffee, tea, juice and bubble tea shops, and cafes. Official counts show 5 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 Burnett County, WI spend on food away from home?

About $25.4M a year, or $3,534 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 coffee shops and cafes on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 7,188 households in Burnett County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Burnett County has 20.9 coffee shops and cafes per 10,000 households, 90% above the U.S. rate of 11.0. Spending per cafe is $1.7M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $3.7M. At the U.S. ratio of coffee shops and cafes to household spending, Burnett County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,438 households, against one for every 1,518 across the U.S.

How fast is Burnett County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Burnett County at 17,223 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,188 households. Median household income in Burnett County is $62,819, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Burnett County scores 31 for coffee shops and cafes (lower middle), #1,729 of 2,063 scored counties.

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