The 50 Best Cities to Open a Restaurant

If you are looking for a new location to open a restaurant or branch out, a report released by Bid-on-Equipment has the data so you can make an informed decision.The company analyzed 236 cities across the U.S including the 150 most populous cities to come up with the top 50 locations for opening a restaurant.There are many different types of restaurants and the budget runs the gamut. So the location you choose also has to take that into consideration. Bid-on-Equipment analyzed several different factors to come up with the top 50 cities.The report looked at four factors and assigned points to each with a total of 100 points. Annual restaurant sales per capita (50 points), restaurants per capita (25 points), number of restaurant industry workers per capita (10 points), and median income in each city (15 points). Based on the data from these benchmarks, the best cities for opening a restaurant in the US were identified.