Little Rock, AR · Restaurants
Restaurants in Little Rock, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 1,379 restaurants and other eating places in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area in 2023, employing 28,156 people with $590.1 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
1,379
75th most of 387 US metro areas
28,156
20.4 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$590.1 million
$20,959 per employee
36%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+3.1%
in the number of businesses (1,338 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Little Rock.
- Little Rock ranks 75th of 387 US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 20.4 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $20,959 per employee a year, against $24,734.
- The market grew: 41 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Restaurants in Little Rock
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Little Rock?
1,379 in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 28,156 people and paid $590.1 million in annual payroll.
Is the Little Rock market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,338 to 1,379 (+3.1%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in Little Rock?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Little Rock 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
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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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