Philadelphia, PA · Restaurants
Restaurants in Philadelphia, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 11,251 restaurants and other eating places in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area in 2023, employing 181,500 people with $4.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
11,251
9th most of 387 US metro areas
181,500
16.1 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$4.3 billion
$23,443 per employee
54%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+2.1%
in the number of businesses (11,024 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Philadelphia.
- Philadelphia is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for restaurants and other eating places, 9th of 387.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 16.1 employees each, against 18.8 across all metros.
- The market grew: 227 more businesses than in 2022.
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Questions
Restaurants in Philadelphia
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in Philadelphia?
11,251 in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 181,500 people and paid $4.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the Philadelphia market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 11,024 to 11,251 (+2.1%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in Philadelphia?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia 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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