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2019 Top 500: Coffee cafe

The Top 250 coffee-cafe chains, ranked.
Photograph courtesy of Starbucks

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Coffee-cafe concepts within the Top 500 grew sales 6.6% in 2018; unit count increased 3.8%. Eight chains saw positive sales growth, while just one saw sales drop.

2019 RankChain Name2018 US Sales ($000,000)2018 US Units
2Starbucks$19,660*14,606
8Dunkin'$8,7869,419
61Tim Hortons$750*738
85Dutch Bros. Coffee$494328
136Caribou Coffee$286*394
138Peet's Coffee & Tea$282*244
208The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf$162*315
231Biggby Coffee$138*265
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

Source: Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *estimate

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