People searching in Downtown and people searching in Pearl St behave nothing alike — different words, different times of day, different winners. Most owners compete with the whole city when they only need to win a few blocks.
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108k
searches / mo
9
shops tracked
0
losing visibility
Boulder · right now
⚠️Losing ground0 shops slipping0%of the market
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Every listing on the map
Every “coffee shop” we found in Boulder — 9 listings, ranked by visibility.
All 9 shopsby visibility
Read this first
0 of these 9 shops are losing visibility and almost certainly do not know it
Their ratings and reviews look fine and the doors are open, but their Local Visibility Score — how often they show up in the top Google Maps results near customers — has slipped for months while newer shops climb. By the time it shows up in the till it has been true for half a year. Tap a shop to see where it stands.
85/100
top shop visibility
+64%
Matcha searches
−18%
Frappe searches
Who owns each neighbourhood
the shop that shows up most when someone nearby searches
Downtown
LeadsAltitude Coffee Roasters4.9★ · -445
ChasingChautauqua Coffee-4 / mo
Altitude Coffee Roasters shows up most on the map when people nearby search. Chautauqua Coffee is the one to watch.
Pearl St
LeadsFront Range Beans3.8★ · -560
ChasingCreekside Roasters-4 / mo
Front Range Beans shows up most on the map when people nearby search. Creekside Roasters is the one to watch.
North Boulder
LeadsSteam & Stone4.7★ · -215
ChasingRitual Pour-4 / mo
Steam & Stone shows up most on the map when people nearby search. Ritual Pour is climbing and closing in.
The Hill
LeadsDaybreak Coffee Bar4.8★ · -330
ChasingCopper Kettle Coffee-4 / mo
Daybreak Coffee Bar shows up most on the map when people nearby search. Copper Kettle Coffee is the one to watch.
Gunbarrel
LeadsFlatiron Coffee Works4.5★ · 15
ChasingFront Range Beans-4 / mo
Flatiron Coffee Works shows up most on the map when people nearby search. Front Range Beans is climbing and closing in.
Who's winning and who's slipping
All 9 shops · by visibility
#
Shop
Visibility
12-wk
Direction
1
Altitude Coffee RoastersDowntownNEW
85/100
Gaining+3
2
Front Range BeansPearl StNEW
80/100
Gaining+4
3
Steam & StoneNorth BoulderNEW
69/100
Holding+1
4
Daybreak Coffee BarThe HillNEW
64/100
Holding+1
5
Flatiron Coffee WorksGunbarrelNEW
53/100
Gaining+3
6
Chautauqua CoffeeDowntownNEW
48/100
Holding-1
7
Creekside RoastersPearl StNEW
37/100
Holding+2
8
Ritual PourNorth BoulderNEW
33/100
Gaining+4
9
Copper Kettle CoffeeThe HillNEW
21/100
Holding0
How visibility is moving
the top shops vs the city average · last 12 weeks · tap a shop to focus
Altitude Coffee RoastersFront Range BeansSteam & StoneCity average
The listings behind the rankings
ratings, reviews and photos — the engagement that drives visibility · tap a column to sort
#
Shop
Rating
Reviews ↓
New / mo
Photos
1
Flatiron Coffee WorksGunbarrel
4.5★
15
-4
43
2
Chautauqua CoffeeDowntown
4.6★
-100
-4
28
3
Steam & StoneNorth Boulder
4.7★
-215
-4
14
4
Daybreak Coffee BarThe Hill
4.8★
-330
-4
0
5
Altitude Coffee RoastersDowntown
4.9★
-445
-4
-14
6
Front Range BeansPearl St
3.8★
-560
-4
-39
7
Copper Kettle CoffeeThe Hill
4.1★
-2,630
-4
-305
8
Creekside RoastersPearl St
4.3★
-2,860
-4
-333
9
Ritual PourNorth Boulder
4.4★
-2,975
-4
-347
Reviews and photos feed the visibility score above, but they aren't the ranking on their own — a highly-rated shop can still be hard to find.
How people are looking for you
107,500 searches a month, sorted by what the person wanted
Caffeine now
44%
Wants coffee on the way to work. The closest strong listing on the map wins the stop.
coffee near me74,000
coffee open now5,400
drive thru coffee4,400
Somewhere to sit
26%
Choosing a place to work or meet. Photos, wifi and hours decide it before they arrive.
coffee shops to work in4,400
best coffee9,900
study coffee shops880
Particular order
21%
Has a specific drink in mind. If your listing doesn't signal it, they scroll past.
oat milk latte3,300
matcha near me2,900
Beans & gifts
9%
Buying whole beans, subscriptions or gifts. Higher value, planned ahead.
coffee beans1,600
coffee gift set720
Trending up in your area
+64%
Matcha
The fastest-rising order in the metro, led by under-30s.
+33%
Coffee shops to work in
Remote work turned 'wifi + outlets' into a search term.
+21%
Oat milk
Now the default alt-milk ask; missing it costs orders.
Cooling off
−18%
Frappe
Losing to cold brew and iced lattes year over year.
−9%
Pumpkin spice
Still seasonal, but the novelty search is fading.
Why you can trust this
Every ranking here comes from the same live Google Maps grid scans I run for paying clients — real searches from across Boulder, not one lookup from my desk or a guess.
9
shops tracked
140
searches scanned
5×5
point map grid
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How this was measured
Rank and “leads” = the Local Visibility Score — how often a shop lands in the top Google Maps results across a grid of points around Boulder, for the trade's relevant keywords (points nearer each searcher count more). 100 means top of the map almost everywhere.
Direction = that score over the last 90 days versus the previous 90. Ratings, reviews and photos are shown as context — they feed the score but are not the ranking on their own.
Sources: Google Maps grid rank scans and business listings (DataForSEO), Google Trends. Refreshed monthly. Figures shown are sample data for demonstration.