Specialty coffee
in the USA.

How the USA compares

First of 25 countries in the Americas, with 65% of every specialty café listed in the region. Worldwide it ranks #1 of 126 countries, with 20% of all cafés on Roasters. The next country down is the United Kingdom, with 1,986 cafés.

Cities in the USA by size

Coffee here is not a one-city story: New York, NY leads with 9%, and the top three cities hold 17% between them. 270 of the 931 cities list at least three cafés; the median is 1.

• 100+ cafés 4 cities
• 30–99 cafés 23 cities
• 10–29 cafés 52 cities
• 3–9 cafés 191 cities
• 1–2 cafés 661 cities

28 cities in the USA have themed guides, 228 in total.