Industry · NAICS 7224

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)

The United States has 40,835 employer establishments in drinking places (alcoholic beverages) (1.2 per 10,000 residents), employing 432,542 people at an average annual pay of $25,612, plus 30,184 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments: 40,835; 30,184 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 1.2
Paid employees: 432,542
Average annual pay: $25,612

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

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages) by residents per establishment
#	Place					vs US
1	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	739,116	9	82,124	0.1	0.10×	115	$26,739	4
2	Jackson, MS	609,365	11	55,397	0.2	0.15×	147	$18,177	63
3	Roanoke, VA	314,970	6	52,495	0.2	0.16×	156	$28,737	3
4	Richmond, VA	1,354,817	27	50,178	0.2	0.16×	827	$46,198	53
5	Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	312,656	7	44,665	0.2	0.18×	43	$31,233	12
6	Longview, TX	294,161	7	42,023	0.2	0.20×	41	$19,951	31
7	St. George, UT	202,953	5	40,591	0.2	0.20×	135	$33,341	—
8	Dover, DE	190,241	5	38,048	0.3	0.22×	45	$31,933	16
9	Clarksville, TN-KY	340,083	9	37,787	0.3	0.22×	84	$21,417	30
10	Manchester-Nashua, NH	427,475	12	35,623	0.3	0.23×	43	$18,372	9
11	Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT	224,616	7	32,088	0.3	0.26×	59	$33,339	—
12	Visalia, CA	480,816	15	32,054	0.3	0.26×	100	$21,090	25
13	Jackson, TN	182,442	6	30,407	0.3	0.27×	38	$29,711	24
14	Wildwood-The Villages, FL	151,889	5	30,378	0.3	0.27×	59	$21,593	12
15	Cookeville, TN	148,324	5	29,665	0.3	0.28×	73	$25,205	14
16	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	1,789,325	61	29,333	0.3	0.28×	1,248	$25,500	87
17	Rocky Mount, NC	146,278	5	29,256	0.3	0.28×	28	$9,857	12
18	Albany, GA	145,548	5	29,110	0.3	0.28×	7	$28,571	29
19	Charlottesville, VA	224,996	8	28,125	0.4	0.29×	145	$24,166	6
20	Tyler, TX	245,945	9	27,327	0.4	0.30×	161	$22,366	19
21	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	1,342,386	51	26,321	0.4	0.31×	785	$24,266	234
22	Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	155,253	6	25,876	0.4	0.32×	53	$14,057	4
23	El Centro, CA	180,683	7	25,812	0.4	0.32×	30	$20,933	7
24	Chattanooga, TN-GA	582,536	23	25,328	0.4	0.33×	277	$30,675	37
25	Valdosta, GA	151,175	6	25,196	0.4	0.33×	62	$20,661	14

1–25 of 370 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

No federal contract obligations under NAICS 7224 in fiscal year 2026.