Industry · NAICS 722514

Cafeterias, grill buffets and buffets

The United States has 4,622 employer establishments in cafeterias, grill buffets and buffets (0.1 per 10,000 residents), employing 68,901 people at an average annual pay of $22,646, plus 15,474 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
4,622
15,474 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
0.1
Paid employees
68,901
Average annual pay
$22,646

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Cafeterias, grill buffets and buffets by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Providence-Warwick, RI-MA1,687,3655337,47300.22×45$23,24446
2Pittsburgh, PA2,428,2258303,52800.24×113$14,25746
3Salt Lake City-Murray, UT1,287,7755257,55500.28×144$23,05622
4Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN2,281,09611207,37200.35×242$21,785—
5Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA4,062,85720203,14300.36×292$40,30862
6Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,970,65726191,1790.10.38×246$35,610174
7Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA2,519,04514179,9320.10.40×164$28,74445
8Fresno, CA1,188,9367169,8480.10.43×240$13,89248
9Boise City, ID827,6725165,5340.10.44×144$24,7859
10Urban Honolulu, HI989,6986164,9500.10.44×23$50,21713
11Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI3,721,77423161,8160.10.45×332$25,11760
12Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,277,37039160,9580.10.45×379$20,032187
13Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT962,3516160,3920.10.45×20$55,80040
14Knoxville, TN947,5256157,9210.10.46×85$25,7185
15Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ5,087,63134149,6360.10.49×663$25,255136
16Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA739,2085147,8420.10.49×59$23,72913
17Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT739,1165147,8230.10.49×227$18,71413
18Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL723,7795144,7560.10.50×89$18,68541
19Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD2,843,96620142,1980.10.51×394$29,90496
20Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO3,031,27823131,7950.10.55×557$25,54895
21Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,335,92171131,4920.10.55×791$25,506396
22Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV2,351,00818130,6120.10.56×276$22,388168
23Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI1,567,19512130,6000.10.56×121$22,63624
24Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI1,165,6579129,5170.10.56×52$19,44215
25Columbus, OH2,192,16417128,9510.10.57×356$19,66660

1–25 of 152 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $1.7M on contracts under NAICS 722514 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (10 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$1.2M72%
    2 awards
  2. Oklahoma City, OK$242.6K15%
    2 awards
  3. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$79.2K4.8%
    1 award
  4. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60.5K3.6%
    1 award
  5. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$25K1.5%
    1 award

Counties

  1. Durham County, NC$1.2M72%
    2 awards
  2. Oklahoma County, OK$242.6K15%
    2 awards
  3. Baltimore city, MD$79.2K4.8%
    1 award
  4. Kalamazoo County, MI$60.5K3.6%
    1 award
  5. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$25K1.5%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Oklahoma City city, OK$242.6K15%
    2 awards
  2. Baltimore city, MD$79.2K4.8%
    1 award
  3. New London city, CT$24.9K1.5%
    1 award

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)