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By continent

Major roasters & coffee shop chains

North America

Coffeehouse capital of the world

By revenue and store count, USA/Canada brands dominate global rankings
Roasters
Keurig Dr PepperUSA · ~$15B rev.
Starbucks (roasting arm)USA · ~$36B rev.
Peet’s CoffeeUSA · est. 1966
Coffee shop chains
Starbucks~41,000 stores
Dunkin’~13,000 stores
Tim HortonsCanada · ~6,200 stores
Dutch BrosUSA · ~1,100 stores
Source: coffeeness.de (2026) — revenue; brandclickx.com (2025) — store counts
South America

The growers turned brand-builders

Origin countries increasingly capture value with their own consumer brands
Roasters
Grupo 3 CoraçõesBrazil · market leader
Melitta do BrasilBrazil
Coffee shop chains
Juan Valdez CaféColombia · 400+ stores
Café do PontoBrazil
Oma / Cielito QueridoEcuador / Mexico
Source: comunicaffe.com (2025-2026) — 3 Corações, Juan Valdez; general industry knowledge — Café do Ponto, Oma, Cielito Querido
Europe

Heritage roasting houses

Home to the world’s biggest packaged-coffee groups by revenue
Roasters
Nestlé (Nescafé)Switzerland · ~$99B rev.
JDE Peet’sNetherlands · ~$10B rev.
LavazzaItaly · ~$3.7B rev.
illycaffèItaly
Coffee shop chains
Costa CoffeeUK · ~4,000 stores
Caffè NeroUK · ~1,150 stores
Source: coffeeness.de (2026) — roasters/revenue; brandclickx.com (2025) — Costa & Caffè Nero store counts
Africa

Origin power, retail in its infancy

Few large multinational chains yet — but fast-growing homegrown brands
Roasters / brands
Kahawa 1893Kenyan-origin brand
Neumann Kaffee Gruppe**trader, not roaster
Coffee shop chains
Java HouseKenya · ~73 locations
Vida e CaffèSouth Africa
Mugg & BeanSouth Africa
Source: Wikipedia — Java House (accessed 2026, ~73 locations as of June 2024); Kahawa 1893 own site; Vida e Caffè/Mugg & Bean — general industry knowledge, not independently verified this session
Asia

The world’s fastest-growing coffee market

China alone added ~20,000 branded outlets in a single year
Roasters
UCC Ueshima CoffeeJapan
Tata Consumer / Starbucks JVIndia
Coffee shop chains
Luckin CoffeeChina · ~31,000 stores
Mixue (Lucky Cup)China · 40,000+ group stores
Ediya CoffeeSouth Korea
Café Coffee DayIndia
Source: brandclickx.com (2025) — Luckin Coffee; kr-asia.com (2026) — Mixue/Lucky Cup; Wikipedia — Ediya Coffee (accessed 2026); worldcoffeeportal.com (2026) — China market growth
Oceania

Specialty-driven, café-culture heavy

Small population, outsized influence on global specialty-coffee trends
Roasters
Campos CoffeeAustralia
Coffee SupremeNew Zealand
Coffee shop chains
Gloria Jean’s CoffeesAustralia-led global network
Zarraffa’s CoffeeAustralia
Source: general industry knowledge — not independently verified via a fetched source this session; recommend confirming before publishing
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