New restaurant openings provide insight into how the restaurant industry continues to grow across the United States. Tracking restaurants opening soon helps suppliers, service providers, investors, and industry professionals understand where expansion is occurring and which markets are most active. Restaurantdata.com monitors restaurant opening activity to provide visibility into expansion...
New restaurant opening counts for 522 rows-150 weeks since COVID shutdowns. 10.1% increase in September year over year (2022, 2023)
New restaurant openings originate from filings of alcohol, D/B/A and other corporate records. Total raw=number of licenses issued by states and municipalities. Net issued=after removal of duplicate and bogus filings. Most recently comparing September 2022 and 2023, there has been an 10.1% increase in September, year over year. 522 Weeks...
New Restaurant Openings: Florida, South Carolina and More
New Restaurant Openings: Florida, South Carolina and More New restaurant openings across Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas, Virginia, and Missouri continue to demonstrate the strength of regional market expansion, with both franchise chains and independent operators launching new concepts. Restaurantdata tracks these new restaurant openings before they launch — giving food-and-beverage...
Weekly New Restaurant Legal Filing Counts: 3 Years of Data
New Restaurant Opening Counts: March 2020 Through April 2023 Restaurantdata.com has tracked new restaurant legal filing activity every week since the COVID shutdowns began in March 2020. The data below covers more than 3 years of weekly opening counts across the U.S., including total raw filings, net verified openings, sit-down...
Oregon Restaurant Growth Report: Momiji Sushi Bar & New Openings
This week’s Oregon foodservice report highlights restaurant expansion activity across the Willamette Valley and Lane County. Our data identifies new restaurant construction, coming soon locations, and emerging concepts entering the Portland, Eugene, and Beaverton markets Sink your teeth into our multi-unit growth story of the day! PORTLAND, OREGON MOMIJI SUSHI...
Restaurantdata Wednesday Highlights!
You saw it here first! Sink your teeth into our multi-unit growth story of the day! Fayetteville, Georgia When kids dream big, dreams become reality! Back in 2001, Ansley Johnson, a 13-year-old North Carolina girl had fallen in love with her summer visits to her grandparents\’ home in Louisiana. It...
Restaurantdata Tuesday Highlights!
You saw it here first! Sink your teeth into our multi-unit growth story of the day! If you thought breakfast was just the most important meal of the day, THE TOASTED YOLK CAFE says that it\’s also the most enjoyable! –And they\’re coming to Germantown, TN this month, growing from 15...
Septembers restaurant new openings numbers reveal an accelerated inverse for sit-down vs. counter-service
New openings are at lows not seen since February 2022. New openings through September 2022Total Raw*Total Net Issued**9/29/20228303969/22/20226443639/15/20227003759/8/2022797399 *New legal filings of D/B/A\’s, Alcohol, Building Permits, State Incorporation filings **Vetted new openings. ___________________________________________ Sit down restaurants are opening at the rate of 2.5 to 1. At the height of the...
Updated counts of new restaurant openings. Month ending September 2022
It\’s been 120 weeks since COVID shutdowns began. New opening counts are averaging between 350-450 per week for more than a year. Prior to the pandemic, there were an average of 850 new openings per week. New sit down restaurants are more than double the amount of counter service restaurants....
The ebb back towards sit-down versus counter service restaurant locations in the U.S.
Counter service new restaurant starts never exceeded the number new of sit-down locations. Even during the height of the pandemic. Chart: The number of new sit-down restaurants in the U.S versus counter service from the beginning of the pandemic until now, Sit-Down vs. Counter ServiceSit downCounter Service7/28/20222521187/21/20223061337/7/20223151436/30/20222611586/23/20222541406/16/20222971516/9/20222331396/2/20222431755/26/20222901615/19/20222471295/12/20222581115/5/20222391304/28/20222681224/21/20222781374/14/20222031614/7/20222601883/31/20222551493/25/20222171213/17/20222401633/10/20222721653/3/20222511522/24/20222811512/17/20222171262/10/20222321252/3/20222201401/27/20222301511/20/20221791381/13/20222031051/6/202222416012/30/202123814312/16/202122515812/9/202125615512/2/202127617311/18/202125313011/11/202126719311/4/202123115610/28/202127515410/22/202122414410/15/202125617410/7/20212431049/30/20212521249/23/20212511289/16/20212651619/9/20212261699/2/20212261198/26/20212961838/19/2021226608/12/20212831448/5/20212951777/29/20213151917/22/20213022067/15/20213031487/1/20212581726/24/20212942086/17/20212721826/10/20212821446/3/20212562015/27/20212681895/20/20212731575/13/20212681625/6/20212881994/29/20212501814/22/20212351634/15/20212641934/8/20212961714/1/20212131693/25/20212401693/18/2021243813/11/20212562033/4/20212331872/25/20212421822/18/20212121752/11/20213383152/4/20211481211/28/20211671401/21/20211531181/14/20212732001/7/202119417312/31/202020316012/17/202022414812/10/202021518112/3/202023819611/19/202024016911/12/202028520511/5/202027622010/29/202021818910/22/202025326010/15/202026223410/8/202025324810/1/20202102159/24/20202522469/17/20202211789/10/20202071779/3/20201881828/27/20202442268/20/20202161868/13/20202322278/6/20202311977/30/20202662187/23/20201781577/16/20202282167/9/20203092296/25/20201901316/18/20202131596/11/20201221246/4/20201741515/28/20201551375/21/20201591075/14/20201701545/7/20201701334/30/20201581304/23/20201851484/16/20202532334/9/2020108714/2/20201811343/26/202027025