Limited-Service Restaurants Businesses by County (2023)

269,651 limited-service restaurants operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 8.0513 per 10,000 residents. Ranked below by market density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties with data.

Limited-Service Restaurants — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP
RankCountyEstablishmentsDensity (per 10k)
1 New York County, NY 2,574 16.113
2 Fulton County, GA 1,254 11.621
3 Orange County, CA 3,354 10.696
4 Nassau County, NY 1,430 10.349
5 Cuyahoga County, OH 1,266 10.267
6 Clark County, NV 2,308 9.878
7 Franklin County, OH 1,304 9.834
8 Suffolk County, NY 1,486 9.756
9 Los Angeles County, CA 9,402 9.73
10 Dallas County, TX 2,514 9.646
11 Queens County, NY 2,151 9.551
12 Philadelphia County, PA 1,478 9.532
13 Oakland County, MI 1,202 9.461
14 San Diego County, CA 3,086 9.437
15 Alameda County, CA 1,496 9.222
16 Orange County, FL 1,351 9.182
17 Cook County, IL 4,656 9.153
18 Salt Lake County, UT 1,078 9.091
19 Collin County, TX 1,078 9.018
20 Tarrant County, TX 1,965 9.002
21 Allegheny County, PA 1,101 8.989
22 Fairfax County, VA 1,026 8.985
23 Kings County, NY 2,250 8.785
24 Mecklenburg County, NC 998 8.576
25 Santa Clara County, CA 1,609 8.569
26 San Bernardino County, CA 1,879 8.558
27 Wayne County, MI 1,496 8.543
28 Hennepin County, MN 1,069 8.493
29 Maricopa County, AZ 3,860 8.417
30 Sacramento County, CA 1,313 8.288
31 Wake County, NC 984 8.267
32 Travis County, TX 1,103 8.262
33 Harris County, TX 3,958 8.186
34 Riverside County, CA 2,028 8.137
35 Bexar County, TX 1,673 8.014
36 Montgomery County, MD 844 7.974
37 King County, WA 1,771 7.797
38 Broward County, FL 1,527 7.781
39 Pima County, AZ 810 7.619
40 Middlesex County, MA 1,226 7.549
41 Bronx County, NY 991 7.306
42 Contra Costa County, CA 843 7.299
43 Miami-Dade County, FL 1,919 7.142
44 Palm Beach County, FL 1,081 7.048
45 Hillsborough County, FL 1,074 6.994