Restaurant growth holding steady, 6 months since Covid shutdowns
New restaurant opening numbers remain remarkably consistent across all 3 factors (alcohol and building permits, service type and restaurant classification).
Sit-down service still continues to comprise about 50% of the new opening filings each week. Independent restaurants accounting for nearly 90%.
| Legal Filings Week ending 09/10/2020 | |||||
| DBA\’s | Incs & LLC\’s | Total Permits and Licenses | Total Raw | Total Net Issued | |
| 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 |
| Numbers of Sit-Down VS. Counter Service | |||||
| Sit down | Counter Service | ||||
| 9/10/2020 | 207 | 177 | |||
| 9/3/2020 | 188 | 182 | |||
| 8/27/2020 | 244 | 226 | |||
| 8/20/2020 | 216 | 186 | |||
| 8/13/2020 | 232 | 227 | |||
| 8/6/2020 | 231 | 197 | |||
| 7/30/2020 | 266 | 218 | |||
| 7/23/2020 | 178 | 157 | |||
| 7/16/2020 | 228 | 216 | |||
| 7/9/2020 | 309 | 229 | |||
| 6/25/2020 | 190 | 131 | |||
| 6/18/2020 | 213 | 159 | |||
| 6/11/2020 | 122 | 124 | |||
| 6/4/2020 | 174 | 151 | |||
| 5/28/2020 | 155 | 137 | |||
| 5/21/2020 | 159 | 107 | |||
| 5/14/2020 | 170 | 154 | |||
| 5/7/2020 | 170 | 133 | |||
| 4/30/2020 | 158 | 130 | |||
| 4/23/2020 | 185 | 148 | |||
| 4/16/2020 | 253 | 233 | |||
| 4/9/2020 | 108 | 71 | |||
| 4/2/2020 | 181 | 134 | |||
| 3/26/2020 | 270 | 25 | |||
| Number of Chain Locations VS. Independent Locations | |||||
| Chain stores | Independent stores | ||||
| 9/10/2020 | 38 | 359 | |||
| 9/3/2020 | 33 | 356 | |||
| 8/27/2020 | 60 | 430 | |||
| 8/20/2020 | 46 | 372 | |||
| 8/13/2020 | 63 | 422 | |||
| 8/6/2020 | 48 | 397 | |||
| 7/30/2020 | 53 | 439 | |||
| 7/23/2020 | 32 | 315 | |||
| 7/16/2020 | 47 | 409 | |||
| 7/9/2020 | 81 | 476 | |||
| 6/25/2020 | 36 | 308 | |||
| 6/18/2020 | 29 | 359 | |||
| 6/11/2020 | 42 | 212 | |||
| 6/4/2020 | 57 | 274 | |||
| 5/28/2020 | 40 | 258 | |||
| 5/21/2020 | 23 | 257 | |||
| 5/14/2020 | 50 | 288 | |||
| 5/7/2020 | 28 | 268 | |||
| 4/30/2020 | 44 | 280 | |||
| 4/23/2020 | 48 | 315 | |||
| 4/16/2020 | 50 | 475 | |||
| 4/9/2020 | 20 | 172 | |||
| 4/2/2020 | 43 | 284 | |||
| 3/26/2020 | 25 | 249 |