St. Louis, MO · Restaurants
Restaurants in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 4,893 restaurants and other eating places in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 102,354 people with $2.3 billion in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
4,893
24th most of 387 US metro areas
102,354
20.9 per business, against 18.8 across all metros
$2.3 billion
$22,554 per employee
35%
of businesses, against 43% across all metros
+1.5%
in the number of businesses (4,821 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places, 24th of 387.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 20.9 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $22,554 per employee a year, against $24,734.
- The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.
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Questions
Restaurants in St. Louis
How many restaurants and other eating places are there in St. Louis?
4,893 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 102,354 people and paid $2.3 billion in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for restaurants growing?
By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 4,821 to 4,893 (+1.5%).
What does VERA do for restaurants in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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 St. Louis 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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