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Restaurant Leads Semi-Annual Comparison

Restaurant Openings Semi-Annual Comparison

New Restaurant Openings: Weekly Trends Since the Start of the Year

Restaurantdata continuously identifies, verifies, and delivers new and pre-opening restaurant leads to operators, suppliers and distributors across the U.S. on a weekly basis.

Below is a comparison of weekly opening counts across the country, contrasting the final 22 weeks of 2024 with the first 22 weeks of 2025.

Total Raw: Complete count of all filing sources prior to de-duping and vetting. Total Net: Restaurants that have been researched and confirmed to be pre-opening or post-open (no later than 2-4 months).

Results

New Openings have been steadying after data indications of a slightly downward trend in new restaurant openings, as evidenced across multiple source categories including: alcohol license applications, D/B/A and fictitious name filings, building permits, state incorporations, and LLC registrations. Total actual counts displayed:

1st 6 months of 2025
DBA’sIncs & LLC’sCombined Alcohol And PermitsTotal RawTotal Net Issued
5/29/20254096011811191438
5/22/20254887981021388400
5/16/20252826821361100443
5/8/20253516802061237402
5/1/20255076322391378496
4/24/20253365941791109469
4/17/20254147521511317393
4/10/20254107441491303451
4/3/20253537991591311410
3/27/20255347672081509425
3/20/20253906171781185458
3/13/20254614361721069462
3/6/20254438241921459399
2/27/20255156921111318516
2/20/2025300412185897307
2/13/20254096171631189469
2/6/20253985792131190429
1/30/20255124911701173359
1/23/20254235442001167403
1/16/2025202446217865404
1/9/2025276448180904445
1/2/2025340459155954384
Last 6 months of 2024
DBA’sIncs & LLC’sCombined Alcohol And PermitsTotal RawTotal Net Issued
12/19/20243185401441002344
12/12/20244034042631070559
12/5/20244385562301224448
11/21/2024322384179885396
11/14/2024340271184795370
11/7/20243827221661270479
10/31/20243597661831308450
10/24/20246837362101629607
10/17/20243556141761145502
10/10/20244557312351421575
10/3/20244266242291279581
9/26/20244456371941275499
9/19/20244697561581383513
9/12/20245157572091481608
9/5/20244896371851311517
8/29/2024334459165958287
8/22/20243897691571315472
8/15/20245878121721571583
8/8/20244337111681312464
8/1/20244496162171282535
7/25/20244677481931408507
7/18/20244288071951430559

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