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How many coffee shops and snack bars are in the United States?

85,140 establishments with paid employees in 2023, +31.0% since 2017, employing 985,583 people.

UNITED STATES · 2023

85,140

coffee shops and snack bars

Employees: 985,583
Average per site: 11.6
Change since 2017: +31.0%
Under 5 employees: 33%

By state

Click a column heading to sort. The last column compares the trade's share of a state's employer businesses with its share nationally: 1.00x is the national average.

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#	State
1	California	13,412	165,621	+20.7%	1.28x
2	Texas	7,538	77,746	+53.8%	1.10x
3	New York	7,169	67,211	+27.6%	1.30x
4	Florida	4,582	52,716	+45.8%	0.70x
5	Washington	3,088	33,561	+14.6%	1.50x
6	Pennsylvania	2,906	33,052	+16.7%	0.93x
7	New Jersey	2,866	28,437	+17.8%	1.18x
8	Illinois	2,677	33,569	+21.0%	0.82x
9	Massachusetts	2,667	36,086	+10.3%	1.43x
10	Ohio	2,437	29,994	+24.9%	0.94x
11	North Carolina	2,224	26,455	+50.3%	0.85x
12	Georgia	2,122	25,813	+66.6%	0.80x
13	Colorado	1,757	22,692	+31.4%	0.95x
14	Arizona	1,741	24,659	+54.6%	1.05x
15	Michigan	1,705	18,725	+10.8%	0.73x
16	Oregon	1,677	20,280	+15.5%	1.34x
17	Virginia	1,516	19,952	+19.3%	0.71x
18	Tennessee	1,511	17,894	+79.9%	0.99x
19	Indiana	1,278	15,831	+41.4%	0.81x
20	Wisconsin	1,243	13,801	+39.0%	0.84x
21	Missouri	1,206	14,697	+41.7%	0.78x
22	Connecticut	1,158	14,998	+8.6%	1.27x
23	Minnesota	1,095	15,228	+17.9%	0.70x
24	Maryland	1,078	13,724	+17.8%	0.74x
25	Louisiana	1,014	9,893	+39.7%	0.92x
26	Utah	865	11,721	+55.0%	0.89x
27	Nevada	828	11,129	+47.3%	1.05x
28	South Carolina	811	10,787	+37.5%	0.65x
29	Oklahoma	808	8,264	+28.5%	0.82x
30	Alabama	784	8,485	+83.2%	0.73x
31	Iowa	773	8,745	+58.7%	0.91x
32	Kansas	670	7,450	+55.5%	0.86x
33	Idaho	621	6,979	+63.0%	1.05x
34	Mississippi	616	4,779	+108.8%	1.00x
35	Kentucky	609	7,075	+32.1%	0.63x
36	Arkansas	599	5,763	+54.8%	0.83x
37	Maine	558	5,387	+27.4%	1.26x
38	Hawaii	546	6,203	+17.4%	1.63x
39	New Hampshire	539	6,627	+17.9%	1.35x
40	Nebraska	498	6,850	+46.5%	0.87x
41	Rhode Island	487	6,567	+14.6%	1.62x
42	New Mexico	485	5,355	+43.9%	1.06x
43	Montana	427	4,010	+34.3%	0.99x
44	Alaska	355	3,038	+27.2%	1.57x
45	District of Columbia	266	4,202	+25.5%	1.10x
46	South Dakota	265	2,771	+56.8%	0.89x
47	West Virginia	241	2,478	+50.6%	0.66x
48	North Dakota	235	2,182	+69.1%	0.91x
49	Delaware	230	2,838	+13.3%	0.76x
50	Wyoming	182	1,518	+45.6%	0.75x
51	Vermont	175	1,745	+12.9%	0.82x

Size of the businesses

Coffee shops and snack bars in the U.S. by employees
Employees per site	Sites	Share
Under 5	28,321	33.3%
5 to 9	17,153	20.2%
10 to 19	22,628	26.6%
20 to 49	16,117	18.9%
50 to 99	797	0.9%
100 to 249	78	0.1%
250 to 499	7	0.0%

Questions

How many coffee shops and snack bars are there in the United States?

85,140 establishments with paid employees in 2023 per the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns, employing 985,583 people.

Which state has the most coffee shops and snack bars?

California has the most with 13,412, followed by Texas (7,538) and New York (7,169). Large states lead simply because they have more people and businesses; the last column shows the trade's share of a state's businesses against the national share.

Read this before using the number

Establishments with paid employees only. Self-employed people with no staff are not in these counts. The figures describe existing businesses, not demand or earnings. See the disclaimer.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2023; change measured against 2017, 2019 and 2022). Establishments with paid employees only; employment and payroll carry Census noise infusion. Retrieved November 2, 2026. Method and sources.