Toledo, OH · Restaurants

Restaurants in Toledo, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,175 restaurants and other eating places in the Toledo, OH Metro Area in 2023, employing 25,017 people with $479.8 million in annual payroll.

The local market.

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

Businesses

1,175

87th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

25,017

21.3 per business, against 18.8 across all metros

Annual payroll

$479.8 million

$19,180 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

33%

of businesses, against 43% across all metros

Change since 2022

-0.2%

in the number of businesses (1,177 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Toledo.

  • Toledo ranks 87th of 387 US metro areas by number of restaurants and other eating places.
  • A typical business here is about the national size, with 21.3 employees.
  • Pay runs below the metro average: $19,180 per employee a year, against $24,734.
  • The number of businesses held about steady since 2022.

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Questions

Restaurants in Toledo

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

1,175 in the Toledo, OH Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 25,017 people and paid $479.8 million in annual payroll.

Is the Toledo market for restaurants growing?

By number of businesses it held about steady between 2022 and 2023: from 1,177 to 1,175 (-0.2%).

What does VERA do for restaurants in Toledo?

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