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RENT CEILING: $5,459/month
Based on what the average coffee shop in this county earns, $5,459/month is the most rent this location can carry. Add the asking rent to get a direct verdict. 22 competitors found nearby.

Coffee shop · Hudson County, New Jersey, United States · generated 2026-08-16 00:45 UTC

The economics

What the average operator here does
Establishments in county measured 241
Employees each measured 8.6
Annual payroll each measured $209,631
Implied annual revenue assumed ratio $655,096
Rent this area can carry assumed ratio $5,459/mo

US Census County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 722515

Is this category growing here?

Coffee shops grew from 191 in 2019 to 241 in 2023 (+26.2%).

Direction: expanding · US Census County Business Patterns, an official annual count of establishments.

Who you would be competing with

22 coffee shops within 1.6 km.

SEP Cafe The Cafe at Journal Squared Belle Âme Cafe Gussy's Cafe Cafe Peanut Green Pear Cafe Starbucks Clo Coffee Co. Uni Uni Boba Tea Bobabucks O Kafe Deli Plus Mod Cup Basic Coffee Shop Whealth Kitchen 3 Guys From Italy The Hive Yuki's Busy Bee Organics Gotan Modcup Coffee Black Rail Coffee

Source: OpenStreetMap place search (Nominatim), used because the tag database was rate-limiting this server. It matches on name, so it can include near-misses. Coverage is community-maintained and thinner than Google Maps — treat this as a floor on the real count, not a census of it.

Who lives here

Tract population5,060
Median household income$87,986
Median age36.4
Households2,192

US Census ACS 5-Year 2022, tract level

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