Full-service restaurants in North Dakota 577 establishments · 12,053 employees · 2024

Firms (ND)

577

Employment

12,053

Avg Annual Pay

$25,616

State Rank

#50 of 52

How North Dakota compares to national

Metric	North Dakota	National	North Dakota vs. U.S.
Establishments	577	265,872	0.2% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay	$25,616	$30,527	-$4,911 (-16.1%)
Location quotient	0.72	1.00	28% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)	20.9	20.2	—
Year-over-year firm growth	+4.3%	—	—

Reading this

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 0.72 means full-service restaurants are 28% under-represented in North Dakota's business mix relative to the U.S. average.

Top 10 states for full-service restaurants

Rank	State	Firms	Avg Pay
1	California	30,454	$36,169
2	Texas	21,263	$28,630
3	Florida	20,591	$34,605
4	New York	19,638	$39,272
5	Illinois	10,134	$31,447
6	North Carolina	9,354	$26,016
7	Pennsylvania	8,973	$25,285
8	Georgia	8,798	$27,620
9	Ohio	7,842	$25,130
10	New Jersey	7,622	$32,450

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