Quick-service restaurants in Virginia 7,084 establishments · 120,110 employees · 2024
Firms (VA)
7,084
Employment
120,110
Avg Annual Pay
$23,150
State Rank
#11 of 52
How Virginia compares to national
Metric
Virginia
National
Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
7,084
268,911
2.6% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$23,150
$23,631
-$481 (-2.0%)
Location quotient
1.01
1.00
1% denser than national
Avg firm size (employees)
17.0
17.3
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Year-over-year firm growth
+0.3%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 1.01 means quick-service restaurants are 1% over-represented in Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 722513. Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json