World’s favorite food: Italian restaurants dominate across the globe
BoldData rolls out the numbers
Amsterdam, 20 October 2024 – As World Pasta Day approaches, data expert BoldData dishes out some saucy statistics. Italian restaurants, including pizzerias and trattorias, outnumber any other type of restaurant worldwide. With a grand total of 471,045 restaurants, Italian cuisine is the most widespread and beloved on the planet.
Top Cuisines of the World
According to BoldData’s latest findings, Italian restaurants lead the charge globally, followed closely by American restaurants with 201,913 establishments. Third in line are Asian restaurants, with 110,330 eateries globally.
Italy takes the crown
Italy itself tops the list with 143,852 Italian restaurants. The United States follows closely behind with 137,044 Italian eateries. Brazil, with 34,550 Italian establishments, rounds out the top three pasta-loving nations. Other notable pasta hotspots include Germany and France, both with over 29,000 Italian restaurants combined.
About BoldData:
We are data experts with a highly accurate database of 350+ million companies worldwide. With our data have helped 4,000+ companies with analytics, research and CRM. Our data is being used by research companies such as Statista. As well by FMCG companies such as Heineken, P&G and UberEats.
Note for editors:
Please publish a link to our source page when you use our data. The complete report can be found on our blog here.
BoldData has a full list of statistics on the number of restaurants and cuisines per country. If you need detailed data for your country or specific information for your report, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Contact Daan Wolff at +31 20 705 2360 or d.wolff@bolddata.nl for further information.
This report is based on our worldwide restaurant database. Our data is continuously updated by various sources such as chamber of commerces, local commercial registers, trade registers, online directories, local statistics offices, open sources, publishers and commercial partnerships.
