Hospitality and tourism
Restaurants, cafes and takeaways
For context+73.0% since 2010. In 2024, 21,105 opened and 17,790 closed
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Restaurants, cafes and takeaways
For contextRestaurants and food outlets opened and closed each year
What it means: businesses registered as licensed restaurants, unlicensed restaurants and cafes, and takeaways and food vans. All three have grown strongly since 2010 as eating out and delivery have grown. Openings and closures are high every year: food outlets are among the most common new businesses and among the most likely to close. Shown for context.
Source: ONS, UK business counts (Nomis), SIC 56101, 56102 and 56103; ONS, business demography 2024, tables 1.2 and 2.2 (SIC 561).