Restaurants in Texas: 53,191 restaurant locations
Texas has 53,191 restaurant locations (Census County Business Patterns 2023), 8.6% of the US total and the 2nd largest count of any state. In Texas, 24% of restaurant locations have fewer than five employees, below the national share of 26%. The average restaurant location in Texas employs 21.2 people, against 18.4 nationally. Annual payroll per employee is $22,659 in Texas and $24,280 for the US as a whole. Harris County alone has 8,852 of them (17% of the state), followed by Dallas County with 5,390.
Restaurants in Texas by size
| Employees | Locations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 12,941 | 24.3% |
| 5-9 | 8,345 | 15.7% |
| 10-19 | 12,010 | 22.6% |
| 20-49 | 14,363 | 27% |
| 50-99 | 4,602 | 8.7% |
| 100-249 | 894 | 1.7% |
| 250-499 | 29 | 0.1% |
| 500-999 | 6 | 0% |
| 1,000+ | withheld | – |
"Withheld" means the Census Bureau does not publish that cell, usually to protect the confidentiality of a few large employers.
Counties with the most restaurant locations in Texas
| County | Locations | Share of state |
|---|---|---|
| Harris County | 8,852 | 16.6% |
| Dallas County | 5,390 | 10.1% |
| Tarrant County | 4,055 | 7.6% |
| Bexar County | 3,621 | 6.8% |
| Travis County | 2,681 | 5% |
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Questions
How many restaurant locations are in Texas?
53,191, according to County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225). 31,905 of them have 10 or more employees.
How does Texas compare with other states for restaurant locations?
Texas ranks 2nd by number of restaurant locations. California has 79,696 and New York has 44,870.
What would a Texas restaurant list cost?
Covering every Texas restaurant location with 10 or more employees once would be 31,905 records, about $287 at $9 per 1,000 delivered records.
About the numbers
Business counts: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. They count establishments (single physical locations) with paid employees, so firms with several locations count more than once and businesses with no employees are not included. Occupation and pay figures: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. BLS counts employees only, so self-employed owners are not included in occupation figures. These are public statistics, not the size of the Evascrape database: list cost figures on these pages are upper bounds, because not every location has a matching contact, and you pay only for rows that are delivered. Evascrape prices are from the pricing page: $9 per 1,000 delivered contact records, smallest top-up $10 (about 1,100 records), optional email verification $5 per 1,000, no subscription.