There are 221,773 full-service restaurants across the 387 U.S. metros we track — an average of 76.8 per 100,000 residents (the typical metro has 71.5). The least-saturated markets have the most room for a well-marketed restaurant. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022) and Population Estimates (2023).
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All 387 full-service restaurants markets by state
Number shown is full-service restaurants per 100,000 residents. Lower = less saturated.