See how your roastery compares
Competitive insights for specialty coffee roasters
Be proactive and find opportunities to stand out in a crowded market
Use our research and analysis to shape your strategy
- Trends in coffee origins sourced by roasters
- Overview of coffee processing methods
- Origin-based pricing data
- SEO visibility summary
- Certification adoption rates
- Price premiums for certified single origins
Our report analyzes data from:
Why this report is an essential tool for roasters
Understand your positioning
Benchmark your origins, prices, and other metrics against your competitors
Spot market gaps
Find areas in the market where you can differentiate and lead
Differentiate your brand
Apply competitive insights to your own strategy for building awareness in a crowded market
Monitor, refine strategy
Use our quarterly report as an ongoing tool for assessing your positioning
Options & Pricing
Basic Benchmarking
Report
[Q2 2025 data]
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Includes data and summaries of:
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Origins (country and region)
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Coffee attributes (certifications)
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Processing methods
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Average prices vs. number of offerings
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Average price quartiles by select country of origin
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Average price ranges by region of origin
Customized Benchmarking
Report
[Q2 2025 data]
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Everything in Basic Benchmarking Report plus:
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Customized overlays of your roastery's origin and price data
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SEO visibility analytics for your web domain, including keyword search rankings, backlinks, site health metrics, and more
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Insights tailored to your roastery's data and positioning
Customized Benchmarking
Report + Consultation
[Q2 2025 data]
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Everything in Customized Benchmarking Report plus:
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45-minute one-on-one consultation with Lightyear Coffee to discuss report and findings
FAQs
Absolutely. Our data specifically focuses on small, specialty roasters to ensure our insights are actionable and relevant for roasters like you.
We update our report quarterly in order to provide roasters multiple comparative data points throughout the year. Our report can be used as a static snapshot of your positioning, or as a trend monitor to see how you are changing or improving your niche in the market. If you’re thinking long-term and want to see how your positioning is changing or improving over time, we encourage you to get our report quarterly.
If you purchased the Basic report, it will be available for download immediately following your payment. If you purchased the Customized report, you will receive the report via email typically 3-5 business days following your purchase. If you purchased the Customized report + Consultation combination, the report will similarly be delivered to you via email typically within 3-5 days of your purchase, at which point we will coordinate with you on scheduling the consultation.
The Customized report includes data and analysis specifically for your roastery, and our team can typically complete that process in the 3-5 business day timeframe, after which you will receive the report via email.
No, we are independent and are not affiliated with any roaster.
We grow our roaster database and aggregate coffee data on a rolling basis through each quarter. The report will be available on a quarterly basis, typically within 30 days following the end of a quarter.
The report can help you understand many aspects of your business, including:
- Are you the “value play” you want to be?
- How can I stand out for consumers in what origins I offer?
- Am I being innovative enough in my offerings?
- How will my pricing be viewed by a price-sensitive consumer, relative to my competition?
- Is my pricing in or out of alignment with the roasters I am competing with?
- What small-exporting origins can I focus on to be different?
- Does Google view my website as a high-authority website? What valuable partners are linking to my competitors’ sites, but not mine?
Yes! If you’re an aspiring roaster and want to get a sense of the landscape you would be operating in, this report can certainly help. You will learn how you can stand out against your future competition and carve out a niche for yourself.
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Looking for something else?
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Leverage our proprietary data and analysis to gain new insights into your competitive landscape
- Integration of point-of-sale data
- Actionable marketing strategies
- Custom analysis and data visualizations
- Consulting