Tim Hortons plans another Leander location as Texas expansion grows

Tim Hortons planned another Leander location at 15513 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Suite 110, with construction expected to wrap by the end of the year. The site was part of TexBrew LLC’s broader rollout across the Austin metro, turning the chain’s Central Texas push into something more layered than a single opening.

The Leander address landed in a city that has been growing at suburban speed. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated Leander’s population at 91,132 as of July 1, 2025, up 53.8% from the 2020 census base, and the city puts downtown Austin about 20 miles away. That kind of corridor has become prime ground for coffee brands that can move people quickly, especially when the same stop has to handle morning commuters, drive-thru traffic, and grab-and-go orders.

Tim Hortons has been building around that expectation. The company says it was founded in Canada in 1964 and remains one of North America’s largest quick-service restaurant chains. Its Original Blend coffee is brewed every 20 minutes with 100% premium Arabica coffee, and the menu now reaches far beyond basic drip and donuts, with lattes, cappuccinos, espresso beverages, teas, Iced Capp drinks, cold brew, breakfast sandwiches, baked goods, and Timbits. On its Austin location page, the brand lists drive-thru, dine-in, take-out, mobile ordering, and app rewards at 16201 Ranch Road 620 N, a sign that the chain is selling convenience as aggressively as nostalgia.

The Texas footprint already stretched beyond a handful of isolated stores. Tim Hortons’ U.S. location directory lists Texas markets in Austin, Bryan, Cedar Park, Houston, Humble, Katy, Richmond, and Stafford, and local coverage of the first Austin-area opening in Round Rock on Dec. 21, 2024, said the chain had locations in 15 states at the time. The Leander project fit that same pattern of franchise-led growth, with multiple operators building out the brand across Central Texas, including nearby openings in Manor and San Antonio.

For Leander, the question was never just whether another Tim Hortons would open. It was whether the chain’s drive-thru-first, menu-broad model could move from being a familiar name to becoming part of the daily coffee rhythm in a city that keeps adding commuters, rooftops, and new places to stop.