U.S. New Restaurant Opening Counts of Weekly Data

Restaurantdata.com tracks new restaurant opening activity across the United States every week, sourcing data from legal filings including DBAs, Incs and LLCs, alcohol license applications, and building permits. The data below covers the 13-week period ending June 30, 2024, a period during which weekly net verified openings averaged 600 or more per week. This is up from the 500 or more weekly average seen in 2023.

📊 Note: Net Issued figures reflect verified new restaurant openings after removal of duplicates and unverified or unsecured location confirmations. Total Raw represents all filings captured before vetting. See also our semi-annual comparison of 2024 vs. 2025 opening data

Weekly Opening Counts April 4 Through June 27, 2024

The table below shows weekly legal filing counts and net verified new restaurant openings for the 13-week period ending June 30, 2024. The week of April 18 saw the highest single-week total at 2,166 raw filings and 870 net verified openings.

Source: Restaurantdata.com . Legal filings week ending 6/30/2024 . U.S. markets . All filing types included

Total Net Issued reflects verified new restaurant openings after removal of duplicates and unverified location confirmations. Total Raw represents the aggregate count of all legal filings before vetting. Week of 4/18/2024 highlighted in bold as the period peak at 2,166 raw and 870 net.

What These Numbers Mean

The 13-week average net opening count across this period was approximately 591 per week, consistent with the 600 or more weekly average Restaurantdata.com tracked across Q2 2024. This represents a meaningful step up from the 500 or more weekly average observed in 2023, signaling continued recovery and expansion in the U.S. foodservice market.

Notable observations from this dataset:

• Peak week: April 18, 2024 with 870 net verified openings and 2,166 total raw filings, the highest single week in the period
• Low weeks: April 11 (434 net) and May 16 (434 net), both weeks with notably low DBA filing counts, likely reflecting Easter and Memorial Day filing lag
• Incs and LLCs dominate raw volume with LLC formations consistently representing the largest share of total raw filings each week
• Net to raw ratio typically runs 35 to 50 percent, reflecting the significant vetting and de-duplication work applied before leads are issued to clients

Related Opening Count Data

For additional weekly opening count data across different time periods, see these related reports from Restaurantdata.com:

• Restaurant Leads: Second Half 2024 vs. First Half 2025 Comparison
• Restaurant Leads: Verified Weekly New Opening Data
• New Restaurant Opening Trends: 4.5 Years of Post-Pandemic Data