Full-service restaurants in Virginia 7,298 establishments · 143,662 employees · 2024
Firms (VA)
7,298
Employment
143,662
Avg Annual Pay
$28,879
State Rank
#11 of 52
How Virginia compares to national
Metric
Virginia
National
Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
7,298
265,872
2.7% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$28,879
$30,527
-$1,648 (-5.4%)
Location quotient
1.05
1.00
5% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
19.7
20.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
-0.5%
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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 1.05 means full-service restaurants are 5% over-represented in Virginia'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