Full-service restaurants in North Carolina 9,354 establishments · 178,857 employees · 2024
Firms (NC)
9,354
Employment
178,857
Avg Annual Pay
$26,016
State Rank
#6 of 52
How North Carolina compares to national
Metric
North Carolina
National
North Carolina vs. U.S.
Establishments
9,354
265,872
3.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$26,016
$30,527
-$4,511 (-14.8%)
Location quotient
1.13
1.00
13% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
19.1
20.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
-1.5%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.13 means full-service restaurants are 13% over-represented in North Carolina's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 722511. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json