Nashville, TN · Restaurants

Restaurants in Nashville, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 4,142 restaurants and other eating places in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area in 2023, employing 89,445 people with $2.3 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

4,142

31st most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

89,445

21.6 per business, against 18.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$2.3 billion

$25,635 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

37%

of businesses, against 43% across all metros

Change since 2022

+2.9%

in the number of businesses (4,026 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Nashville.

  • Nashville is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places, 31st of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 21.6 employees.
  • The market grew: 116 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Restaurants in Nashville

How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Nashville?

4,142 in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 89,445 people and paid $2.3 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Nashville market for restaurants growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 4,026 to 4,142 (+2.9%).

What does VERA do for restaurants in Nashville?

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Restaurants in other markets

Other Nashville 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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