Coffee shop · 15 min
Why coffee shops close
A chain opens across the street the same month your landlord sends the renewal terms. Read the warning signs in your shop's numbers, then decide whether to sign.
Ticket 01 · The guess
Fewer customers, or not?
Words to know
Sources and every number (2)
Sources
- Starbucks Corporation Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2025 · Starbucks Corporation (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2025
- Starbucks Reports Q3 Fiscal Year 2026 Results (earnings release, exhibit to Form 8-K, July 29, 2026) · Starbucks Corporation (filed with the U.S. SEC), 2026
Every number
- 13 months
sec.gov ·2025 · Starbucks counts a company-operated store in comparable store sales once it has been open this long, fiscal 2025 10-K. - −2%
sec.gov ·2025 · Starbucks fiscal 2025 10-K, North America and the US: change in comparable store sales (company-operated stores open long enough to compare with the year before). - −4%
sec.gov ·2025 · Starbucks fiscal 2025 10-K, North America and the US: change in comparable transactions at the same stores. - 4.5%
sec.gov ·2026 · Starbucks North America, third quarter of fiscal 2026 (April to June 2026): change in comparable transactions against a year before. - 2%
sec.gov ·2025 · Starbucks fiscal 2025 10-K, North America and the US: change in the average order at the same stores (the report calls it average ticket), which the report says was mainly price.