Coffee Bar, Recreation and Car Dealer Funding Notes
Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars, such as coffee shops, counted 20 employer establishments in Watauga County, NC in 2023, other amusement and recreation businesses 22, and new and used car dealers 10 (County Business Patterns 2023). Espresso machines and outfitting equipment go on equipment financing; a dealer's vehicles are financed through floor plans, a form of inventory financing; and card-heavy counters can compare a card-sales advance with a short loan.












