DoorWorthy

Free restaurant location check

Is this a good location for your restaurant?

A restaurant draws from farther than a café, so the area matters as much as the block. See the households and dining spend nearby, the restaurants around the address, the lunch workforce and the traffic on the road out front.

Business type

Free, with no account. Public records only, ready in a few seconds.

What matters when choosing a location for a restaurant

Lunch and dinner are different crowds

Lunch leans on workers within a short walk; dinner leans on residents within a short drive. The check shows both pools.

A cluster can help

Diners often choose a district before they choose a restaurant, so neighbors can bring people as well as compete. DoorWorthy compares the count near your address with other restaurants in the metro rather than treating every neighbor as a threat.

Occupancy costs against sales

DoorWorthy plans restaurant occupancy costs at 6 to 10% of sales. The full report tests your rent and charges against the sales nearby spending supports.

A kitchen-ready space

Hoods, grease traps and gas service are expensive to add. A former restaurant space can save months, but confirm what stays with the space.

Sample

What a restaurant check shows

A fictional address, run through the same code as a real check. Real checks read Census records, business listings and traffic counts at your address. See a full sample report.

Fictional sample check

100 Example St

Sample City, Restaurant. Invented businesses and figures.

Example ZIP area
13,800 households
Median household income
$78,400
Residents
31,200

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,634Jobs
    10,170Households

    2,634 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,592 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), in the sample data.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    5Sit-down and casual restaurants
    320 ftNearest rival

    The sample data lists 5 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 1 local multi-location and 3 independent) and 11 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $3.2MMiddle-case sales
    $27,000Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near this address supports an estimated $1.8 million to $5.9 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $3.2 million).

  4. Example Ave carries about 18,400 vehicles a day

    18,400Vehicles a day
    24,600Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Example Ave, 18,400 vehicles a day (sample count, 2024), next to the site; Sample St, 7,300 vehicles a day (sample count, 2023), about 520 feet away; and Demo Blvd, 24,600 vehicles a day (sample count, 2024), about 790 feet away.

Measured around this address

Fictional figures for this sample

What this address can sell each year

Middle case$3.2M

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$1.8M
High case$5.9M
Rivals within 2 mi24
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the address supports
$9,050 to $49,100 a month

Invented figures for this sample. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile5

58th percentile for nearby competition among 850 similar businesses in this metro

Near the metro median of 4
Within a quarter mile3
Within 1 mile11

Nearest competitors

  • Example KitchenChain320 ft
  • Sample KitchenIndependent790 ft
  • Demo KitchenLocal group1,270 ft
  • Placeholder KitchenIndependent1,740 ft
  • Illustrative KitchenIndependent2,220 ft

Invented listings for this sample. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk5,592

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,634
Within 1 mile11,094
Office-type, half mile2,125

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services1,119
  • Food service and lodging893
  • Health care782
  • Retail670
  • Finance and insurance449

Invented job counts for this sample. Real reports use Census LEHD workplace records. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Resident spending nearby

Spent within 1 mile$52M

A year on food away from home and alcohol away from home

Within half a mile$21M
Within 3 miles$162M

Households and share earning $200K+

  • Half a mile4,092 households14%
  • 1 mile10,170 households14%
  • 3 miles31,110 households14%

Invented figures for this sample. Spending potential where people live, not sales at any business.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Example Ave18,400

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Demo Blvd24,600

Other counted roads nearby

  • Sample St520 ft7,300
  • Demo Blvd790 ft24,600

Invented counts for this sample. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What the full report answers

  • Is the space available?The full report checks for a current listing, and for a business already operating at this exact address.
  • Is the rent in line with the market?It compares the asking rent with rents nearby and with the rent that nearby spending supports for a restaurant.
  • Does zoning allow a restaurant here?It looks up the zoning for a restaurant at the parcel and what the local rules say about this use. In Texas it also reads TABC’s wet and dry status and the alcohol licenses on file at the address.
  • How does this address score?A Site Score from 0 to 100 weighs sales against costs, rent, competition, permission to operate and your own targets, whenever enough of them can be measured.

This is a fictional example. Run the free check on your own address to see the real figures.

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