Providence, RI · Restaurants

Restaurants in Providence, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 3,670 restaurants and other eating places in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area in 2023, employing 60,360 people with $1.6 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

3,670

38th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

60,360

16.4 per business, against 18.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$1.6 billion

$26,145 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

48%

of businesses, against 43% across all metros

Change since 2022

+2.1%

in the number of businesses (3,595 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Providence.

  • Providence is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places, 38th of 387.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 16.4 employees.
  • The market grew: 75 more businesses than in 2022.

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Questions

Restaurants in Providence

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

3,670 in the Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 60,360 people and paid $1.6 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Providence market for restaurants growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 3,595 to 3,670 (+2.1%).

What does VERA do for restaurants in Providence?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Providence 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 Providence 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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