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Restaurants and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
The restaurants and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #305 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 101,299
- 21,707 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 45,519
- +2.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.1B
- On food away from home · $4,609 a household
- Spending per listing
- $336K
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 137.0
- 25% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,112,448
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for restaurants and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is 34 (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas and #10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 101,299 restaurants and cafes in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Of those, 21,707 are chain locations, or 21%, against 34% across the U.S. That comes to 137.0 for every 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 109.8.
At $4,609 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area spend about $34.1B a year on food away from home. That works out to $336K per restaurant, 9% below the U.S. figure of $371K.
In 2023, official counts showed 45,519 businesses with payroll in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area classed as restaurants and other eating places, up 2.4% from 2019. That is one for every 162 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1,532 SBA-backed loans worth $770M have gone to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area compares
The same measures for New York and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all food away from home by the restaurants and cafes counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 137.0 | 127.6 | 109.8 |
| Spending per listing | $336K | $335K | $371K |
| Households per official establishment | 162 | 172 | 209 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +2.4% | +0.5% | +6.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on food away from home | $4,609 | $4,270 | $4,070 |
| Median household income | $99,155 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45,519+2.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 583,736
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.4B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 13,775Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101,29921,707 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 91,879The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1,532
- Amount
- $770M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as restaurants and other eating places in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,112,448+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,391,787
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.3
- Land area
- 6,127 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 3,219
- Median household income
- $99,155
- Average household income
- $146,791
- Median home value
- $614,200
- Jobs located here
- 9,481,255
- Daytime population
- 20,008,624Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 59 | 3,829 | 100.0 | $420K | +1.9% | #133 of 387 |
| 2Rochester, NY | 53 | 4,287 | 96.2 | $403K | −0.7% | #168 of 387 |
| 3Syracuse, NY | 49 | 2,694 | 99.3 | $388K | −1.3% | #196 of 387 |
| 4Binghamton, NY | 47 | 901 | 88.0 | $405K | −1.3% | #205 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 46 | 4,969 | 99.1 | $382K | −0.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 6Elmira, NY | 43 | 314 | 89.0 | $391K | −3.9% | #236 of 387 |
| 7Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 43 | 3,205 | 125.7 | $357K | +3.0% | #241 of 387 |
| 8Ithaca, NY | 35 | 496 | 114.6 | $342K | −1.4% | #297 of 387 |
| 9Utica-Rome, NY | 34 | 1,190 | 98.4 | $368K | −2.0% | #302 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 34 | 101,299 | 137.0 | $336K | +0.6% | #305 of 387 |
Other business types in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
- Restaurants and cafes34
- Sit-down restaurants30
- Fast food and sandwich shops49
- Pizza47
- Coffee shops and cafes41
- Bakeries and dessert shops36
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Questions
How many restaurants and cafes are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 101,299 restaurants and cafes on map listings as of September 2026. 21,707 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count every restaurant, cafe, bar, bakery and food truck. Official counts show 45,519 businesses with payroll classed as restaurants and other eating places in 2023, up 2.4% from 2019. Official counts also show 13,775 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area spend on food away from home?
About $34.1B a year, or $4,609 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 101,299 restaurants and cafes on map listings, it comes to $336K per restaurant. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,391,787 households in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for restaurants and cafes?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 137.0 restaurants and cafes per 10,000 households, 25% above the U.S. rate of 109.8. Spending per restaurant is $336K, 9% below the U.S. figure of $371K. At the national ratio of restaurants and cafes to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 91,879, against 101,299 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 162 households, against one for every 209 across the U.S. The official count rose 2.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +6.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area at 20,112,448 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,391,787 households. The median household income in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is $99,155 a year, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area scores 34 for restaurants and cafes (lower middle), #305 of 387 scored metro areas.
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