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Bars Businesses by County (2023)

39,855 bars operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 1.19 per 10,000 residents. Ranked below by market density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties with data.

Bars — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP
RankCountyEstablishmentsDensity (per 10k)
1 New York County, NY 722 4.52
2 Allegheny County, PA 308 2.515
3 Philadelphia County, PA 361 2.328
4 Travis County, TX 305 2.285
5 Clark County, NV 468 2.003
6 Cuyahoga County, OH 232 1.881
7 Franklin County, OH 246 1.855
8 Kings County, NY 474 1.851
9 Cook County, IL 901 1.771
10 Bexar County, TX 317 1.518
11 King County, WA 342 1.506
12 Queens County, NY 306 1.359
13 Fulton County, GA 145 1.344
14 Wayne County, MI 233 1.331
15 Mecklenburg County, NC 146 1.255
16 Wake County, NC 134 1.126
17 Suffolk County, NY 171 1.123
18 Harris County, TX 529 1.094
19 San Diego County, CA 348 1.064
20 Alameda County, CA 165 1.017
21 Nassau County, NY 135 0.977
22 Orange County, FL 141 0.958
23 Dallas County, TX 240 0.921
24 Pima County, AZ 97 0.912
25 Salt Lake County, UT 105 0.885
26 Tarrant County, TX 187 0.857
27 Maricopa County, AZ 373 0.813
28 Broward County, FL 156 0.795
29 Sacramento County, CA 124 0.783
30 Oakland County, MI 99 0.779
31 Hennepin County, MN 98 0.779
32 Orange County, CA 243 0.775
33 Hillsborough County, FL 119 0.775
34 Los Angeles County, CA 739 0.765
35 Santa Clara County, CA 130 0.692
36 Contra Costa County, CA 70 0.606
37 Miami-Dade County, FL 150 0.558
38 Palm Beach County, FL 80 0.522
39 Middlesex County, MA 79 0.486
40 San Bernardino County, CA 96 0.437
41 Riverside County, CA 103 0.413
42 Bronx County, NY 56 0.413
43 Montgomery County, MD 35 0.331
44 Collin County, TX 37 0.31
45 Fairfax County, VA 12 0.105