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The largest coffee cafe chains in the U.S.

These are the highest-grossing coffee cafe chains in Technomic’s Top 250.
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The coffee cafe segment saw sales grow 7.3% in 2019. Unit growth increased 2.9%.

RankChain name2019 U.S. sales ($000,000)Sales stimated2019 U.S. units
2Starbucks $21,380 *15,049
8Dunkin' $9,229  9,630
66Tim Hortons $714 *715
79Dutch Bros. Coffee $567  369
114Peet's Coffee $358 *423
133Caribou Coffee $306 *464
237The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf $133 *282
242Biggby Coffee $130 *240

Source: Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

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