Restaurant market guides in New York.

NY RESTAURANT MARKET DIRECTORY

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

New York restaurant economy

2022 statewide employer-establishment data: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 44,372 establishments classified as Restaurants and other eating places (NAICS 7225) across New York, with $51,686,710,000 in 2022 sales/revenue and 574,990 full- and part-time payroll employees during the pay period including March 12, 2022.

Source: 2022 Economic Census, EC2272BASIC, NAICS 7225, whole-state geographic component 00, GEO_ID 0400000US36. Establishments are employer business locations, not firms; employment is a payroll-period count, not annual jobs or full-time equivalents. These are 2022 figures, not current-year estimates. Economic Census source selection verified October 28, 2026.

Restaurant consulting markets in New York

1. New York restaurant market Population 8,483,844
2. Buffalo restaurant market Population 276,854
3. Yonkers restaurant market Population 209,978
4. Rochester restaurant market Population 208,772
5. Syracuse restaurant market Population 146,384
6. Albany restaurant market Population 100,492
7. New Rochelle restaurant market Population 82,769
8. Cheektowaga restaurant market Population 76,056
9. Mount Vernon restaurant market Population 72,427
10. Schenectady restaurant market Population 68,847
11. Utica restaurant market Population 64,217
12. White Plains restaurant market Population 60,666
13. Hempstead restaurant market Population 58,801
14. Tonawanda Town restaurant market Population 56,806
15. Levittown restaurant market Population 51,904
16. Troy restaurant market Population 51,033
17. Irondequoit restaurant market Population 50,657
18. Niagara Falls restaurant market Population 47,987
19. Binghamton restaurant market Population 47,151
20. West Seneca restaurant market Population 45,303
21. Freeport restaurant market Population 44,088
22. Hicksville restaurant market Population 43,780
23. West Babylon restaurant market Population 43,570
24. Valley Stream restaurant market Population 40,315
25. Coram restaurant market Population 39,539
26. Kiryas Joel restaurant market Population 38,916
27. Central Islip restaurant market Population 38,373
28. Brighton restaurant market Population 36,834
29. East Meadow restaurant market Population 36,821
30. Commack restaurant market Population 36,558
31. Elmont restaurant market Population 36,518
32. Baldwin restaurant market Population 34,994
33. Long Beach restaurant market Population 34,756
34. New City restaurant market Population 34,458
35. Spring Valley restaurant market Population 33,192
36. Uniondale restaurant market Population 33,148
37. Ithaca restaurant market Population 32,814
38. Huntington Station restaurant market Population 32,601
39. Poughkeepsie restaurant market Population 31,958
40. Centereach restaurant market Population 31,839
41. Rome restaurant market Population 31,795
42. Bay Shore restaurant market Population 31,683
43. Oceanside restaurant market Population 31,639
44. Port Chester restaurant market Population 31,102
45. Franklin Square restaurant market Population 30,897
46. Middletown restaurant market Population 30,289
47. North Tonawanda restaurant market Population 30,198
48. Harrison restaurant market Population 29,961
49. Saratoga Springs restaurant market Population 28,631
50. Newburgh restaurant market Population 28,519

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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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