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Sit-down restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for sit-down restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #346 of 387 scored metro areas
#10 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 60,910
- 9,491 chain locations (16%)
- Official establishments
- 19,706
- −0.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $34.1B
- On food away from home · $4,609 a household
- Spending per listing
- $559K
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 82.4
- 34% 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 sit-down restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is 30 (lower middle), #346 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.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60,910 sit-down restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Chain locations make up 16% of them, against 29% across the U.S. That comes to 82.4 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3.
Household spending on food away from home in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area comes to about $34.1B a year: $4,609 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That works out to $559K per restaurant, 16% below the U.S. figure of $664K. That spending covers all food away from home, which sit-down restaurants share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area was 19,706 in 2023, down 0.6% from 2019. That is one for every 375 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 847 SBA-backed loans worth $489.5M have gone to businesses classed as full-service restaurants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +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 sit-down restaurants 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 | 82.4 | 72.5 | 61.3 |
| Spending per listing | $559K | $589K | $664K |
| Households per official establishment | 375 | 392 | 500 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.6% | −3.4% | +1.5% |
| 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 | 30 | 21 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19,706−0.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 318,739
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.7B
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 6,575Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60,9109,491 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 51,336The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 847
- Amount
- $489.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as full-service restaurants 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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Every New York market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for sit-down restaurants, numbered among those based in New York, with the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area marked.
Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Syracuse, NY | 57 | 1,347 | 49.7 | $776K | −1.3% | #132 of 387 |
| 2Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 54 | 2,120 | 55.3 | $759K | +1.9% | #152 of 387 |
| 3Rochester, NY | 52 | 2,248 | 50.4 | $768K | −0.7% | #166 of 387 |
| 4Binghamton, NY | 48 | 424 | 41.4 | $861K | −1.3% | #204 of 387 |
| 5Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 42 | 2,690 | 53.6 | $705K | −0.8% | #257 of 387 |
| 6Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 42 | 1,781 | 69.9 | $642K | +3.0% | #260 of 387 |
| 7Elmira, NY | 38 | 163 | 46.2 | $753K | −3.9% | #287 of 387 |
| 8Utica-Rome, NY | 31 | 629 | 52.0 | $696K | −2.0% | #336 of 387 |
| 9Kingston, NY | 31 | 509 | 68.5 | $612K | +1.1% | #340 of 387 |
| 10New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 30 | 60,910 | 82.4 | $559K | +0.6% | #346 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
Groceries and convenience
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Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many sit-down restaurants are in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area?
There are 60,910 sit-down restaurants on map listings in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area as of September 2026. 9,491 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count restaurants of every cuisine, pizza included. Official counts show 19,706 businesses with payroll classed as full-service restaurants in 2023, down 0.6% from 2019. Official counts list 6,575 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 60,910 sit-down restaurants on map listings, it comes to $559K per restaurant. The spending figure covers all food away from home, not only sit-down restaurants. 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 sit-down restaurants?
The New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area has 82.4 sit-down restaurants per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 61.3. Spending per restaurant is $559K, 16% below the U.S. figure of $664K. At the national ratio of sit-down restaurants to household spending, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area would have about 51,336, against 60,910 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 375 households, against one for every 500 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +1.5% 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 30 for sit-down restaurants (lower middle), #346 of 387 scored metro areas.
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