Rebecca Connors • September 14, 2026Why Many Cafés Don’t Make It Past the First Five Years & How to Avoid It
Opening a café is exciting. Keeping one open is much harder. U.S. business survival data shows that only around 59% of accommodation and food-service businesses are still operating after five years. In other words, roughly 4 in 10 close within their first five years. And the problem is not necessarily bad coffee. A café can














