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Counter service new restaurant starts never exceeded the number new of sit-down locations. Even during the height of the pandemic. Chart: The number of new sit-down restaurants in the U.S versus counter service from the beginning of the pandemic until now, Sit-Down...

Per legal filings, 115 new chain stores opened in the month of June, an all time low. Now averaging approximately a 90% decrease since the pandemic began. Pre-pandemic monthly averages were more than 1200 new chain store openings per month. On the other hand,...

Counts are holding steady overall of net *new openings. The number of chain new openings are hovering at all time lows. Legal Filings Week ending 3/31/2022 DBA's Incs & LLC's Total Permits and Licenses Total Raw Total Net Issued 3/31/2022 435 229 91 755 422...

1)New openings continue on a slight keel downward. Averages near 400 per week of net new openings. 2) Counter service restaurants are nearing the 50% mark of net new openings. In the past (recent 5 years) , net new openings were solidly 2/3 sit-down versus 1/3 counter...

See 21 months worth of data, 86 weeks!  Counts are U.S. only. Lately, weekly new openings are in the low 400's range. Prior to the pandemic the average was around 800 per week.  New openings in chain stores in particular, have slowed slowed by 80%. See the table:...