Dallas, TX · Restaurants
Restaurants in Dallas, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 15,237 restaurants and other eating places in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 313,809 people with $7.5 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
15,237
4th most of 387 US metro areas
313,809
20.6 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$7.5 billion
$23,957 per employee
40%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+4.4%
in the number of businesses (14,597 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Dallas.
- Dallas is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for restaurants and other eating places, 4th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 20.6 employees.
- The market grew: 640 more businesses than in 2022.
How VERA helps restaurants in Dallas.
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Questions
Restaurants in Dallas
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Dallas?
15,237 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 313,809 people and paid $7.5 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Dallas market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 14,597 to 15,237 (+4.4%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in Dallas?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Dallas 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 Dallas 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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