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Top 25 Shade grown coffee companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 723 shade grown coffee companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,259 professional contacts across them, including 1,572 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers shade grown coffee companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest shade grown coffee companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 723 shade grown coffee companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to shade grown coffee companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceWest Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500247 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our Story Urth Caffe was founded in 1989 by Jilla and Shallom Berkman as a small mail order company selling non-toxic and natural products for the home.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026501-1,000211 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 1993, we have been sourcing coffees from origin and roasting every batch by hand.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Indirect evidencePortland, OR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500204 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Stumptown was started with the goal of doing things differently, with a vision that’s always been a little left-of-center, and with the focus squarely on quality.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a176 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1987, Dunn Brothers Coffee has proven great-tasting coffee that is carefully brewed from hand-selected, freshly roasted beans boldly stands out in a class of its own.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceSaint Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500160 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In 1994, Kaldi’s Coffee first opened its doors in St.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500130 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Intelligentsia Coffee’s buying philosophy is not very complicated.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Strong evidenceLincoln, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-500124 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Since 1979, our family-owned and -operated company grows, imports, and roasts our own 100% Arabica and shade-grown coffee beans from around the world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Partial evidenceSaratoga Springs, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200117 contacts →

Partial evidence

“What started as a few employees packing orders in the basement of a quaint coffee shop is now the number one Fair Trade and Organic coffee brand in the United States, and can now…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceDurham, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-200112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Traceable from crop to cup.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Partial evidenceSan Rafael, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20092 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1995 by Brooke McDonnell and Helen Russell, Equator Coffees is an award-winning coffee roaster, retail operator and coffee farm owner headquartered in Marin County, CA.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceSeattle, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20074 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We've been roasting coffee in Seattle since 1995.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceSumner, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Dillanos Coffee Roasters is a premier wholesale coffee roaster based in the Pacific Northwest.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Partial evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20071 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Compass Coffee is an award-winning and fast-growing company dedicated to Real Good Coffee, Made in D.C.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50065 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Stone Creek Coffee is a craft coffee roaster founded in 1993 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that employs an army of coffee geeks.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15Partial evidenceMinneapolis, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Cafe Imports, we are dedicated to importing, exporting, and assisting in the development of the world’s best specialty coffees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16Partial evidenceNorth Hollywood, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50061 contacts →

Partial evidence

“For more than 25 years, Groundwork has been a coffee and tea destination, handcrafting delicious drinks from the finest ingredients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17Partial evidenceNew Orleans, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20056 contacts →

Partial evidence

“French Truck Coffee was founded in April 2012 by Geoffrey Meeker, who has been in the Food & Beverage industry for 30 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18Partial evidenceKalaheo, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20055 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The warm Pacific sun, rich volcanic earth, abundant mountain rain and cool trade winds of Kauai create ideal conditions for growing outstanding coffee.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19Partial evidenceGreenville, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We open up opportunities that move coffee forward.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20Partial evidenceOak Brook, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026201-50048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Green Coffee Company (GCC) is Colombia’s largest coffee producer with its global headquarters outside of Chicago (Oak Brook, IL).”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21Partial evidenceRockville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Latino Owned Specialty Coffee Company working directly with small farmers throughout Latin America who are focused on growing organic, specialty grade coffees.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22Indirect evidenceTampa, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20047 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Our dog Buddy, the Labrador retriever of our logo, faithfully kept watch over our small Diedrich roaster of our early days.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23Partial evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20045 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In Jason Scherr opened a small coffee shop on Bedford Avenue in the then sparsely populated neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24Partial evidencePennsauken, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20043 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lacas Coffee is one of the nation's oldest independent coffee roasters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25Partial evidenceLa Jolla, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5041 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In 2002, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters (BRCR) opened for business as a strictly grass-roots company.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

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Shade grown coffee companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
25.1%Verified-email coverage
8.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
3.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
423
11-50
226
51-200
54
201-500
13
501-1,000
2
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 723 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among shade grown coffee companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “shade grown coffee companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names shade grown coffee companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among shade grown coffee companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,572 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names shade grown coffee companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many shade grown coffee companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 723 shade grown coffee companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Urth Caffe, headquartered in West Hollywood, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most shade grown coffee companies?

New York leads with 22 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (18) and Portland (15).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,572 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 723 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.