Quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania: 10,181 locations, +0.6% jobs
Official counts for quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania, 2026 Q1: how many there are, whether they are adding jobs, what they pay, and how Pennsylvania compares with the other states. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau, refreshed each quarter.
Pennsylvania against the country · 2026 Q1
| Pennsylvania | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Quick-service restaurants with employees | 10,181 | 272,118 |
| Per 100,000 residents | 77.8 | 80 |
| Jobs | 132,230 | 4,552,657 |
| Jobs, year over year | +0.6% | +0.2% |
| Locations, year over year | +2.3% | +1.6% |
| Average weekly wage | $405 | $464 |
| Rank among states, density | 27 of 50 | |
| Rank among states, job growth | 25 of 50 |
What the numbers say
Pennsylvania has 10,181 quick-service restaurants with payroll, employing 132,230 people. At 77.8 per 100,000 residents the market is close to the national average, number 27 among the 50 states with published data. Jobs grew +0.6% over the year, ahead of the national +0.2%. Locations grew faster than jobs, which usually means more and smaller operators entering: the kind of market where the cheapest service gets crowded first.
Average pay at quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania is $405 a week, 13% below the national figure of $464. Budget labor from this number, not from a national guide.
Over five years, from 2021 to 2025, the number of quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania moved +3.7%, from 9,693 to 10,049.
Quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania, annual average
- 20219,693
- 20229,826
- 20239,818
- 20249,922
- 202510,049
Jobs at quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania
- 2021122,628
- 2022129,178
- 2023131,859
- 2024132,260
- 2025133,532
What counts as quick-service restaurants here
Limited-service restaurants: customers order at a counter or drive-through and pay before eating. Includes fast food, fast casual and pizza delivery. The code is NAICS 722513. BLS counts establishments that report payroll, so a one-person business with no employees is not in these figures; in trades with many solo operators the true number of businesses is higher.
Before you open one in Pennsylvania
A statewide figure tells you which way the wind blows. It does not tell you whether the corner you are looking at has the households, the income and the gap in competition to support one more. A counts the quick-service restaurants within reach of one address in Pennsylvania, reads the county trend from the same BLS table, and scores the plan. The saturation check does a city-level version for free.
Questions people ask
How many quick-service restaurants are there in Pennsylvania?
BLS counted 10,181 quick-service restaurants with employees in Pennsylvania in 2026 Q1, employing 132,230 people. Owner-only businesses with no payroll are not in that count. That is 77.8 per 100,000 residents, against 80 nationally.
Are quick-service restaurants growing in Pennsylvania?
Yes. Jobs at quick-service restaurants in Pennsylvania changed +0.6% over the year to 2026 Q1, and the number of locations changed +2.3%. That ranks Pennsylvania 25 of 50 states for job growth in this business type. Over five years the location count moved +3.7%.
Is Pennsylvania a crowded market for quick-service restaurants?
Pennsylvania has 77.8 quick-service restaurants per 100,000 residents, close to the national average, ranking 27 of 50 states. Density is a statewide average; a Neur report counts the competitors around one address.
Quick-service restaurants in every state
Densest first. The number is quick-service restaurants per 100,000 residents in 2026 Q1.
Other business types in Pennsylvania
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, private sector, NAICS 722513, 2026 Q1 (quarterly) and annual averages (five-year series); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year population estimates. This page is generated from those feeds and rewritten when a new quarter publishes. All 14 business types in Pennsylvania · Growth ranking for Pennsylvania · Quick-service restaurants by state