FOI REF: FOI/2023/5073
You asked
Would you be so kind as to provide me with the latest data of the number of Restaurants, Bars and Pubs in the UK.
If you have any information on the geographic split of these Restaurants, Bars and Pubs too - that would be great (e.g. how many in London, Leeds, Manchester etc).
The already-published data is now a few years old (here).
We said
Thank you for your Freedom of Information requesting the number of restaurants, bars and pubs in the UK.
For information, ONS produce an annual publication called UK Business: Activity, size and location. This publication breaks down the number of UK Businesses (registered for VAT and/or PAYE) by geography, employment size-band, industry and legal status. It is created using an extract of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 11th March 2022.
The data you have requested using our UK Business: activity, size and location can be manipulated further using a dissemination tool on Nomis web. The data are available from 2010 to 2022 and can be split by classification, geographies, and size-bands.
To find the data you require, please see the following instructions for our NOMIS webservice:
Click on the link Nomis web which takes you to the UK business counts page.
Select Industry from the menu on the left-hand side
Then select 5-digit subclasses.
From the list - select class 56 - Food and beverage service activities.
Select the categories you require by clicking the check boxes - 56.101 Licensed restaurants, 56.102 Unlicensed restaurants and 56.302 Public houses and bars.
Select Geography from the menu on the left-hand side and confirm how you would like your data split e.g UK
Finally, select download data.
If you require any assistance in using Nomis or require additional analysis not available, further analysis is available via our bespoke services route. Please note, these services are subject to legal frameworks, disclosure controls, resources, and agreement of costs, in line with our charging policy.
If you wish to discuss this further, please contact the IDBR data service team via idbrdas@ons.gov.uk.