Restaurant market guides in Massachusetts.

MA RESTAURANT MARKET DIRECTORY

Explore Restaurant Revenue Incubator’s operator-focused guides to the 50 largest Massachusetts markets. Each guide combines official U.S. Census market context with practical cost, sales, technology and retention priorities.

Massachusetts restaurant economy

The 2022 Economic Census reports 14,455 restaurant establishments, $19.7 billion in 2022 restaurant sales, 235,370 restaurant employees statewide.

Restaurant consulting markets in Massachusetts

1. Boston restaurant market Population 666,442
2. Worcester restaurant market Population 207,055
3. Springfield restaurant market Population 154,749
4. Cambridge restaurant market Population 118,796
5. Lowell restaurant market Population 118,368
6. Brockton restaurant market Population 105,386
7. Quincy restaurant market Population 102,114
8. Lynn restaurant market Population 101,709
9. New Bedford restaurant market Population 100,998
10. Fall River restaurant market Population 94,082
11. Newton restaurant market Population 89,044
12. Lawrence restaurant market Population 88,736
13. Somerville restaurant market Population 81,036
14. Framingham restaurant market Population 72,399
15. Haverhill restaurant market Population 67,698
16. Malden restaurant market Population 65,906
17. Waltham restaurant market Population 64,902
18. Brookline restaurant market Population 63,266
19. Taunton restaurant market Population 60,433
20. Revere restaurant market Population 60,012
21. Medford restaurant market Population 59,354
22. Weymouth Town restaurant market Population 58,505
23. Chicopee restaurant market Population 55,295
24. Peabody restaurant market Population 54,695
25. Methuen restaurant market Population 53,475
26. Everett restaurant market Population 50,045
27. Barnstable Town restaurant market Population 49,568
28. Attleboro restaurant market Population 46,762
29. Arlington restaurant market Population 46,350
30. Salem restaurant market Population 44,795
31. Leominster restaurant market Population 43,909
32. Pittsfield restaurant market Population 43,457
33. Beverly restaurant market Population 42,665
34. Woburn restaurant market Population 41,939
35. Fitchburg restaurant market Population 41,798
36. Marlborough restaurant market Population 41,647
37. Westfield restaurant market Population 40,378
38. Chelsea restaurant market Population 39,908
39. Braintree Town restaurant market Population 38,899
40. Amherst Town restaurant market Population 38,182
41. Holyoke restaurant market Population 37,813
42. Watertown restaurant market Population 35,543
43. Randolph Town restaurant market Population 34,878
44. Lexington restaurant market Population 34,295
45. Franklin Town restaurant market Population 33,154
46. Needham restaurant market Population 32,459
47. Norwood restaurant market Population 31,542
48. North Attleborough Town restaurant market Population 30,984
49. Northampton restaurant market Population 30,962
50. Wellesley restaurant market Population 30,347

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 ACS 5-year table B01003, 2026 Gazetteer Files, and 2022 Economic Census EC2272BASIC (NAICS 7225). Image licensing and attribution appear with each image. Last verified September 22, 2026.

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