Number of locations of popular coffee franchises Australia 2024
Coffee is Australia’s most beloved beverage. Thousands of cafés operate across the country, with McDonald’s/McCafé reporting the highest number of locations across all popular coffee franchises at over 1,030 as of January 2024. Founded in Brisbane, Australian coffeehouse chain The Coffee Club had around 240 locations across Australia as of December 2023. Zarraffa's coffee shops, found primarily on Australia's East Coast, are popular among coffee drinkers in Queensland and New South Wales. Starbucks, while enjoying success in the United States, China, and Canada, among other countries, has struggled to gain footing in Australia's coffee shop landscape.
Australia’s café and restaurant landscape
Over 54 thousand cafés and restaurants were in operation across Australia at the end of the 2023 financial year, with New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland home to the majority of the country’s establishments. In terms of earnings, around 33 thousand of these cafés and restaurants had an annual turnover of between 200,000 and two million Australian dollars. Just over 350 operating cafés and restaurants reported revenue of over 10 million Australian dollars annually.
Are Australians coffee aficionados?
From strong espressos to milky cappuccinos, lattes, and flat whites, people across Australia love their morning ‘cuppa’ or afternoon caffeine boost. Australia’s annual domestic coffee consumption has been consistently over two million 60-kilogram bags over the past three years, with consumption predicted to remain stable in the 2024 financial year. At least one cup of coffee a day is a must for around three-quarters of Australia’s coffee consumers, with some even enjoying three or more cups on a daily basis. Several consumers have switched from takeout to homemade coffee to sustain their coffee habits in recent years due to rising prices across the country’s cafés. When investing in a good coffee machine for their homemade brews, performance, reliability, and design were the leading reasons for purchasing a particular coffee machine among Australian consumers.
