How many

How many restaurants are in Tucson?

Census County Business Patterns 2023 for the Tucson metro area: restaurants with paid employees, per 10,000 residents against Arizona and the US, the change since five years ago, and the ZIPs near the center with the most.

606restaurants in the Tucson metro area, County Business Patterns 2023

−25 since 2018 (−4%; 631 then). That is 5.6 per 10,000 residents (population estimate 2024).

The Tucson metro area
5.6 per 10,000
Arizona
0.0 per 10,000 (6)
United States
0.0 per 10,000 (248)

What this count includes

The Census counts restaurants under NAICS 722511, full-service restaurants, where customers order and are served at a table and pay after eating. Fast food, cafeterias and takeout counters are counted as limited-service and left out here.

Other metro areas in Arizona

Metro areaRestaurantsPer 10,000 residents
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler2,9025.6
Prescott Valley-Prescott2258.9
Lake Havasu City-Kingman1556.8
Yuma934.2
Flagstaff16911.6

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ZIPs near the center with the most restaurants

No ZIP in this area has restaurants with employees in the Census count.

From a count to a location

  • The free ZIP checkAny ZIP in Tucson measured from its center: households and income, jobs within reach and the named restaurants already there. Each ZIP above links to its check.
  • The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a restaurant there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

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Sources and dates

U.S. Census Bureau: County Business Patterns 2023 and 2018 (establishments by NAICS, states, metro areas and the US) and ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023; Population Estimates Vintage 2024 for the rates. Establishments with paid employees; owner-only businesses are not counted.