The Full-Service Restaurants Industry report, published annually, contains timely and accurate industry statistics, forecasts and demographics. The report features 2010 current and 2011 forecast estimates on the size of the industry (sales, establishments, employment) nationally and for all 50 U.S. States and over 900 metro areas. New to the report this year are: financial ratios, number of firms and payroll estimates. The report also includes industry definition, 5-year historical trends on industry sales, establishments and employment, a breakdown of establishments, sales and employment by employee size of establishment (9 categories), and estimates on up to 10 sub-industries, including ethnic restaurants, seafood restaurants, family restaurants, cafes, diners, and buffets.

Industry Definition and Related Industries

NAICS 72211: Full-Service Restaurants -- This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services to patrons who order and are served while seated (i.e. waiter/waitress service) and pay after eating. These establishments may provide this type of food services to patrons in combination with selling alcoholic beverages, providing takeout services, or presenting live non-theatrical entertainment.

Related Industries
- Beverages (Non-Alcoholic)
- Business Services
- Casinos & Gaming
- Food Processing

U.S. Census Categories
NAICS 72211 - Full-Service Restaurants is not comparable to
SIC 5812 - Eating Places. NAICS 72211 is 12% of SIC 5812.

Sub-Industries
- Eating places
- Italian restaurant
- Ethnic food restaurants
- Japanese restaurant
- American restaurant
- Korean restaurant
- Cajun restaurant
- Lebanese restaurant
- Chinese restaurant
- Mexican restaurant
- French restaurant
- Spanish restaurant
- German restaurant
- Sushi bar
- Greek restaurant
- Thai restaurant
- Indian/Pakistan restaurant

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