Good Businesses to Start
Limited-Service Restaurants
Limited-Service Restaurants are a popular type of business to start. In fact, across the entire nation, there are more than 200,000 Limited-Service Restaurants. That means that each one of those Limited-Service Restaurants serves about 1,500 citizens on average.
According to our business employment data, Limited-Service Restaurants will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Limited-Service Restaurants account for substantial employment of workers across the country.
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States with Limited-Service Restaurants
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)
#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
2.
Hawaii
1,207
99.63
3.
Nevada
1,746
87.59
4.
Montana
756
83.93
5.
Maryland
4,345
82.04
6.
Georgia
6,416
79.50
7.
Rhode Island
833
79.46
8.
Utah
1,770
79.35
10.
Colorado
3,380
78.59
11.
Oregon
2,651
77.66
12.
Virginia
5,449
76.99
13.
Ohio
8,673
76.57
14.
New Jersey
6,439
76.53
15.
Wyoming
374
76.11
16.
Washington
4,436
75.76
18.
Tennessee
4,244
74.70
19.
California
24,858
73.40
20.
North Carolina
5,881
73.08
21.
Alabama
3,236
72.82
22.
Arizona
3,730
72.70
23.
Texas
15,088
72.38
24.
Indiana
4,380
72.04
26.
Kentucky
2,877
71.25
27.
Delaware
557
71.09
28.
Massachusetts
4,511
71.05
29.
Illinois
8,821
71.05
30.
West Virginia
1,274
70.96
31.
Missouri
3,897
69.68
32.
Oklahoma
2,403
69.65
34.
South Dakota
519
69.17
35.
Maine
879
69.12
36.
Idaho
869
67.26
37.
Pennsylvania
8,224
66.97
38.
New York
12,596
66.38
39.
Minnesota
3,230
65.72
40.
Arkansas
1,754
65.67
42.
Mississippi
1,844
65.07
43.
Alaska
405
64.80
44.
Florida
10,287
64.38
45.
Vermont
390
64.06
46.
Iowa
1,872
63.98
47.
Michigan
6,247
62.86
48.
Louisiana
2,781
62.30
50.
Connecticut
1,992
59.49
51.
North Dakota
379
59.17
Number of Limited-Service Restaurants by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)
Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
60550
5 to 9
28819
10 to 19
42839
20 to 49
58508
50 to 99
9115
100 to 249
914
250 to 499
67
500 to 999
15
1000 or more
2
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