New Restaurant Openings Counts since March

	Legal Filings Week ending 10/29/2020
	DBA\’s	Incs & LLC\’s	Total Permits and Licenses	Total Raw	Total Net Issued
10/29/2020	377	492	96	965	430
10/22/2020	558	417	105	1080	550
10/15/2020	479	548	102	1129	530
10/8/2020	575	538	124	1237	548
10/1/2020	440	402	82	924	450
9/24/2020	532	374	100	1006	525
9/17/2020	454	467	101	1022	433
9/10/2020	377	510	115	1002	406
9/3/2020	377	571	108	1056	400
8/27/2020	508	411	131	1050	503
8/20/2020	446	431	101	978	433
8/13/2020	477	473	116	1066	502
8/6/2020	553	445	80	1158	462
7/30/2020	578	258	78	992	503
7/23/2020	327	397	86	724	358
7/16/2020	389	444	125	958	474
7/9/2020	722	360	143	1368	582
6/25/2020	296	311	104	711	354
6/18/2020	433	382	95	815	396
6/11/2020	265	98	67	497	264
6/4/2020	447	235	80	762	358
5/28/2020	414	187	90	691	316
5/21/2020	317	374	85	776	304
5/14/2020	352	350	99	801	356
5/7/2020	403	186	98	679	316
4/30/2020	337	217	124	678	324
4/23/2020	396	464	110	970	385
4/16/2020	405	300	133	839	532
4/9/2020	385	197	109	691	192
4/2/2020	130	371	133	639	327
3/26/2020	160	524	160	844	301

The average recent trend is more than 500 new restaurant openings per week across the entire U.S. We are now close to 65% of pre-COVID activity . Closings are at the same gait as prior years which currently, is contrary to general media.