Coffee shops in Missoula, MT
Every shop here is open and doing something right, so treat it like a coffee crawl through Missoula, in person or virtually: study how each bar is laid out, read the menu, and get a feel for the brand from their own site. Shops that roast their own beans are marked.
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Coffee shops & roasters
Crawl these cafes and roasters for bar layout, menu, and brand ideas.
- Break EspressoCafe4.5(772)breakespresso.com
- Clyde CoffeeCafe4.4(561)clydecoffee.com
- 4.6(480)florencecoffeeco.com
- 4.6(442)cambiemt.com
- 4.6(344)blackcoffeeroastingco.com
- 4.7(312)coppermountaincoffee.com
- 4.3(251)dogandbicycle.com
- 4.9(241)goodcoffeeroastingcompany.com
- 4.6(228)drumcoffeeroasting.com
- 4.6(218)loosecaboosemissoula.com
- 4.7(138)funkitcoffeeandthrift.com
- Nitro CoffeeCafe4.7(117)nitrocoffeemt.com
- Mazevo CoffeeCafe4.2(106)mazevocoffee.com
- 5.0(93)granitemillcoffee.com
- 4.6(92)coffeetraders.com
- Steam AlertCafe4.6(90)
- 4.1(82)hunterbay.com
- 4.8(76)montanaknifecompany.com
- Wanderful EspressoCafe4.9(67)
Coffee carts
Coffee carts, trucks, and trailers working this market — a lower-overhead way in.
- 4.9(65)lacamionnettecoffee.com
Missoula market snapshot
The customer base behind the coffee scene — who lives here, what they earn, and how many coffee shops already serve them. Use it to size up demand before you commit.
Missoula has 26.1 coffee shops per 100k residents. That's above the directory median of 6.3 — a crowded scene where differentiation matters.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates (via Census Reporter), 2024 release. Coffee-shop density is ShopLaunch directory data. Figures describe the Census place (Missoula, MT); college, airport, industry, and other signals are coming in a later pass.
Similar coffee markets
Cities whose demographics most resemble Missoula, ranked by an objective match across population, income, age, education, unemployment, commute, and coffee-shop density. A close model for what might work here.
- Greenville, SC72,935 people$71,472 median incomeClose on median age & market size
- Bellingham, WA93,438 people$66,755 median incomeClose on median age & household income
- Portland, ME68,854 people$79,540 median incomeClose on market size & coffee-shop density
- Salt Lake City, UT208,007 people$75,090 median incomeClose on college-educated share & household income
Permits in Missoula
Most coffee shops, carts, and trailers in Missoula fall under Missoula County, where the Missoula County environmental health division issues the food and mobile-vending permits you need to open. The county guide lays out the exact permits, offices, and fees in the order to tackle them.
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