Industry · NAICS 7225

Restaurants and other eating places

The United States has 618,476 employer establishments in restaurants and other eating places (18.4 per 10,000 residents), employing 11,406,584 people at an average annual pay of $24,280, plus 166,785 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
618,476
166,785 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
18.4
Paid employees
11,406,584
Average annual pay
$24,280

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
Restaurants and other eating places by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL824,79485996010.40.57×19,042$20,803638
2Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,88916592110.90.59×4,469$23,07122
3Homosassa Springs, FL166,667183911110.60×3,424$20,12639
4Anderson Creek, NC141,77216188111.40.62×3,118$16,99938
5Ocala, FL412,30046987911.40.62×9,519$22,061160
6Merced, CA294,31933587911.40.62×5,977$22,66087
7Sebring, FL108,15512983811.90.65×2,698$20,01660
8Las Cruces, NM225,96627382812.10.66×6,904$19,980118
9Pottsville, PA143,89217681812.20.67×2,215$16,70673
10Yuma, AZ214,22826481112.30.67×5,692$22,288107
11Corbin, KY149,59318580912.40.67×4,451$18,04340
12Greeley, CO360,97144780812.40.67×8,640$22,794103
13El Centro, CA180,68322580312.50.68×3,792$24,94189
14Hanford-Corcoran, CA153,19719180212.50.68×3,309$22,39241
15Logan, UT-ID158,55419979712.60.68×4,303$18,01540
16McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX901,0961,13179712.60.68×25,547$19,3801,095
17Punta Gorda, FL206,81426478312.80.70×5,826$24,14274
18Richmond-Berea, KY127,62416378312.80.70×3,721$17,685—
19Lumberton, NC118,00515178112.80.70×3,227$16,26749
20Yuba City, CA184,40223678112.80.70×4,284$23,77353
21Sumter, SC104,39613477912.80.70×3,317$16,22269
22Lebanon, PA144,70618677812.90.70×3,276$20,85741
23Holland, MI121,93516076213.10.71×2,744$21,71336
24Monroe, MI155,56320675513.20.72×4,080$17,83440
25Jackson, MI159,60721374913.30.73×4,266$18,79642

1–25 of 398 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 $1.8M on contracts under NAICS 7225 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (19 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$1.2M68%
    2 awards
  2. Oklahoma City, OK$242.6K14%
    2 awards
  3. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$79.2K4.5%
    1 award
  4. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$60.5K3.4%
    1 award
  5. Colorado Springs, CO$35.7K2.0%
    1 award
  6. Alamogordo, NM$25.9K1.5%
    1 award
  7. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$25K1.4%
    1 award
  8. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$10K0.6%
    1 award

Counties

  1. Durham County, NC$1.2M68%
    2 awards
  2. Oklahoma County, OK$242.6K14%
    2 awards
  3. Baltimore city, MD$79.2K4.5%
    1 award
  4. Kalamazoo County, MI$60.5K3.4%
    1 award
  5. El Paso County, CO$35.7K2.0%
    1 award
  6. Otero County, NM$25.9K1.5%
    1 award
  7. Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT$25K1.4%
    1 award
  8. Clark County, NV$10K0.6%
    1 award

Cities and towns

  1. Oklahoma City city, OK$242.6K14%
    2 awards
  2. Baltimore city, MD$79.2K4.5%
    1 award
  3. Colorado Springs city, CO$35.7K2.0%
    1 award
  4. New London city, CT$24.9K1.4%
    1 award
  5. Holloman AFB CDP, NM$12.7K0.7%
    1 award
  6. Boulder City city, NV$4,4740.3%
    1 award
  7. Henderson city, NV$1460.0%
    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)