Coffee chain ranking

Oldest coffee chains

The year the first shop opened or the company was founded, as the brand or Wikidata records it.

Leader
Dunkin'1950
Chains ranked
48

The ranking

Lowest first · ties share a place
  1. 1 Dunkin' logoDunkin' 1950 wikidata.org
  2. 2 The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf logoThe Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf 1963 wikidata.org
  3. 3 Tim Hortons logoTim Hortons 1964 wikidata.org
  4. 4 Peet's Coffee logoPeet's Coffee 1966 wikidata.org
  5. 5 Starbucks logoStarbucks 1971 wikidata.org
  6. 6 The Coffee Beanery logoThe Coffee Beanery 1976 wikidata.org
  7. 7 PJ's Coffee of New Orleans logoPJ's Coffee of New Orleans 1978 wikidata.org
  8. 8 Gloria Jean's Coffees logoGloria Jean's Coffees 1979 wikidata.org
  9. 9 Dunn Brothers Coffee logoDunn Brothers Coffee 1987 wikidata.org
  10. 10 Caribou Coffee logoCaribou Coffee 1992 wikidata.org
  11. 10 Dutch Bros Coffee logoDutch Bros Coffee 1992 wikidata.org
  12. 12 Beans & Brews Coffeehouse logoBeans & Brews Coffeehouse 1993 wikidata.org
  13. 12 Colectivo Coffee logoColectivo Coffee 1993 wikidata.org
  14. 14 Kaldi's Coffee logoKaldi's Coffee 1994 kaldiscoffee.com
  15. 15 Biggby Coffee logoBiggby Coffee 1995 wikidata.org
  16. 15 CC's Coffee House logoCC's Coffee House 1995 ccscoffee.com
  17. 15 Intelligentsia Coffee logoIntelligentsia Coffee 1995 wikidata.org
  18. 15 Port City Java logoPort City Java 1995 wikidata.org
  19. 19 SPoT Coffee logoSPoT Coffee 1996 wikidata.org
  20. 20 Caffè Nero logoCaffè Nero 1997 wikidata.org
  21. 21 Scooter's Coffee logoScooter's Coffee 1998 wikidata.org
  22. 21 The Human Bean logoThe Human Bean 1998 wikidata.org
  23. 23 Stumptown Coffee Roasters logoStumptown Coffee Roasters 1999 wikidata.org
  24. 24 Aroma Joe's logoAroma Joe's 2000 wikidata.org
  25. 25 Blue Bottle Coffee logoBlue Bottle Coffee 2002 wikidata.org
  26. 25 Ellianos Coffee logoEllianos Coffee 2002 wikidata.org
  27. 25 Juan Valdez Café logoJuan Valdez Café 2002 wikidata.org
  28. 28 Joe Coffee Company logoJoe Coffee Company 2003 joecoffeecompany.com
  29. 28 Philz Coffee logoPhilz Coffee 2003 wikidata.org
  30. 30 Tom N Toms Coffee 2004 wikidata.org
  31. 30 Ziggi's Coffee logoZiggi's Coffee 2004 wikidata.org
  32. 32 Dollop Coffee & Tea logoDollop Coffee & Tea 2005 dollopcoffee.com
  33. 32 Saxbys logoSaxbys 2005 wikidata.org
  34. 34 Gregorys Coffee logoGregorys Coffee 2006 wikidata.org
  35. 34 Kahwa Coffee logoKahwa Coffee 2006 kahwacoffee.com
  36. 36 Black Rock Coffee Bar logoBlack Rock Coffee Bar 2008 wikidata.org
  37. 37 Alfred Coffee logoAlfred Coffee 2013 alfred.la
  38. 37 Bluestone Lane logoBluestone Lane 2013 wikidata.org
  39. 39 Black Rifle Coffee (Outposts) logoBlack Rifle Coffee (Outposts) 2014 wikidata.org
  40. 40 Bitty & Beau's Coffee logoBitty & Beau's Coffee 2016 bittyandbeauscoffee.com
  41. 40 Foxtail Coffee logoFoxtail Coffee 2016 foxtailcoffee.com
  42. 40 Red Owl Coffee Company logoRed Owl Coffee Company 2016 wikidata.org
  43. 43 7 Brew logo7 Brew 2017 wikidata.org
  44. 43 Luckin Coffee logoLuckin Coffee 2017 wikidata.org
  45. 43 Qahwah House logoQahwah House 2017 qahwahhouse.com
  46. 46 Blank Street logoBlank Street 2020 wikidata.org
  47. 46 Travelin' Tom's Coffee logoTravelin' Tom's Coffee 2020 travelintomscoffee.com
  48. 48 Haraz Coffee House logoHaraz Coffee House 2021 harazcoffeehouse.com

Chains without a published, verifiable founded are left off rather than estimated. See every chain.

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