Full-Service Restaurants Businesses by County (2023)

258,273 full-service restaurants operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 7.7116 per 10,000 residents. Ranked below by market density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties with data.

Full-Service Restaurants — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP
RankCountyEstablishmentsDensity (per 10k)
1 New York County, NY 4,054 25.378
2 Fulton County, GA 1,363 12.631
3 King County, WA 2,618 11.526
4 Nassau County, NY 1,379 9.98
5 Mecklenburg County, NC 1,131 9.719
6 Alameda County, CA 1,564 9.641
7 Miami-Dade County, FL 2,529 9.412
8 Orange County, CA 2,919 9.309
9 Orange County, FL 1,365 9.277
10 Suffolk County, NY 1,393 9.145
11 Santa Clara County, CA 1,703 9.07
12 Queens County, NY 2,037 9.045
13 Kings County, NY 2,298 8.972
14 Palm Beach County, FL 1,370 8.932
15 Allegheny County, PA 1,088 8.883
16 Middlesex County, MA 1,425 8.775
17 Broward County, FL 1,722 8.774
18 Oakland County, MI 1,112 8.753
19 Wake County, NC 1,021 8.578
20 Cook County, IL 4,330 8.512
21 Los Angeles County, CA 8,214 8.5
22 Travis County, TX 1,114 8.345
23 Collin County, TX 975 8.157
24 San Diego County, CA 2,650 8.104
25 Dallas County, TX 2,092 8.027
26 Cuyahoga County, OH 983 7.972
27 Fairfax County, VA 908 7.952
28 Philadelphia County, PA 1,209 7.797
29 Hennepin County, MN 948 7.532
30 Clark County, NV 1,739 7.443
31 Harris County, TX 3,574 7.392
32 Sacramento County, CA 1,124 7.095
33 Franklin County, OH 936 7.058
34 Bexar County, TX 1,472 7.051
35 Contra Costa County, CA 798 6.909
36 Wayne County, MI 1,181 6.744
37 Hillsborough County, FL 1,015 6.61
38 Tarrant County, TX 1,423 6.519
39 Salt Lake County, UT 761 6.418
40 Montgomery County, MD 657 6.207
41 Maricopa County, AZ 2,789 6.082
42 Pima County, AZ 606 5.7
43 San Bernardino County, CA 1,245 5.67
44 Riverside County, CA 1,338 5.368
45 Bronx County, NY 618 4.556