Boston, MA · Restaurants
Restaurants in Boston, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 10,567 restaurants and other eating places in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area in 2023, employing 184,482 people with $5.6 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
10,567
11th most of 387 US metro areas
184,482
17.5 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$5.6 billion
$30,284 per employee
46%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+2.6%
in the number of businesses (10,298 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Boston.
- Boston is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places, 11th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 17.5 employees.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $30,284 per employee a year, against $24,734.
- The market grew: 269 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Restaurants in Boston
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Boston?
10,567 in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 184,482 people and paid $5.6 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Boston market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 10,298 to 10,567 (+2.6%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in Boston?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Boston 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 Boston 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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