Workers within a short walk
Office and shop workers within a 5 to 10 minute walk are a café’s weekday regulars. DoorWorthy counts the jobs at workplaces near the door from Census records, by sector.
Free coffee shop location check
Is this a good location for your coffee shop?
Coffee is a short-walk trade with a weekday morning rush. Enter the address to see the jobs and households within a few minutes’ walk, the coffee shops already within half a mile and the traffic on the street out front.
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What matters when choosing a location for a coffee shop
Rivals on the same morning route
A chain on the next corner competes for the same line. The check counts coffee shops within half a mile and names the nearest ones.
Rent a cup-by-cup business can carry
Cafés usually keep occupancy costs near 8 to 10% of sales, so a rent that looks small can still be too much. The full report tests your quote against the sales nearby spending supports.
A storefront people pass on foot
Road counts show drive-by visibility, but walk-in trade depends on sidewalks, crossings, parking and neighbors that bring people by.
Sample
What a coffee shop check shows
A fictional address, run through the same code as a real check. Real checks read Census records, business listings and traffic counts at your address. See a full sample report.
Fictional sample check
100 Example St
Sample City, Coffee shop. Invented businesses and figures.
- Example ZIP area
- 13,800 households
- Median household income
- $78,400
- Residents
- 31,200
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
2,634Jobs10,170Households2,634 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,592 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), in the sample data.
A typical amount of nearby competition
5Coffee shops and cafés320 ftNearest rivalThe sample data lists 5 coffee shops and cafés within half a mile (1 chain, 1 local multi-location and 3 independent) and 11 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$854KMiddle-case sales$7,100Rent the middle case supportsSpending near this address supports an estimated $451,000 to $1.7 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $854,000).
A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians
18,400Vehicles a day24,600Busiest road nearbyThe nearest counted roads are Example Ave, 18,400 vehicles a day (sample count, 2024), next to the site; Sample St, 7,300 vehicles a day (sample count, 2023), about 520 feet away; and Demo Blvd, 24,600 vehicles a day (sample count, 2024), about 790 feet away.
Measured around this address
Fictional figures for this sampleWhat this address can sell each year
Middle case$854K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$451K
High case$1.7M
Rivals within 1.5 mi18
- Healthy share for this business
- 8% to 10%
- Base rent the address supports
- $3,000 to $14,250 a month
Invented figures for this sample. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.
Competition
Competitors within half a mile5
58th percentile for nearby competition among 850 similar businesses in this metro
Near the metro median of 4
Within a quarter mile3
Within 1 mile11
Nearest competitors
- Example RoastersChain320 ft
- Sample RoastersIndependent790 ft
- Demo RoastersLocal group1,270 ft
- Placeholder RoastersIndependent1,740 ft
- Illustrative RoastersIndependent2,220 ft
Invented listings for this sample. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk5,592
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk2,634
Within 1 mile11,094
Office-type, half mile2,125
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Invented job counts for this sample. Real reports use Census LEHD workplace records. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.
Resident spending nearby
Spent within 1 mile$7.2M
A year on coffee, snacks and quick breakfast
Within half a mile$2.9M
Within 3 miles$23M
Households and share earning $200K+
- Half a mile4,092 households14%
- 1 mile10,170 households14%
- 3 miles31,110 households14%
Invented figures for this sample. Spending potential where people live, not sales at any business.
Traffic on nearby roads
Vehicles a day on Example Ave18,400
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Busiest nearby, Demo Blvd24,600
Other counted roads nearby
- Sample St520 ft7,300
- Demo Blvd790 ft24,600
Invented counts for this sample. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
What the full report answers
- Is the space available?The full report checks for a current listing, and for a business already operating at this exact address.
- Is the rent in line with the market?It compares the asking rent with rents nearby and with the rent that nearby spending supports for a coffee shop.
- Does zoning allow a coffee shop here?It looks up the zoning for a café at the parcel and what the local rules say about food service there.
- How does this address score?A Site Score from 0 to 100 weighs sales against costs, rent, competition, permission to operate and your own targets, whenever enough of them can be measured.
This is a fictional example. Run the free check on your own address to see the real figures.
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Questions about the coffee shop check.
No address yet? The ZIP check measures a whole ZIP code from its center for a coffee shop.