Baltimore, MD · Restaurants
Restaurants in Baltimore, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 5,047 restaurants and other eating places in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 96,003 people with $2.4 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
5,047
22nd most of 387 US metro areas
96,003
19.0 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$2.4 billion
$24,612 per employee
46%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+2.1%
in the number of businesses (4,942 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Baltimore.
- Baltimore is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places, 22nd of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 19.0 employees.
- The market grew: 105 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Restaurants in Baltimore
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Baltimore?
5,047 in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 96,003 people and paid $2.4 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Baltimore market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 4,942 to 5,047 (+2.1%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in Baltimore?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Baltimore business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Restaurants in other markets
Other Baltimore markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is restaurants and other eating places, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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