Analysis
NAICS 7225 is the 2022 industry group for restaurants and other eating places, part of 722 (Food Services and Drinking Places).
It has only one more detailed code, 72251, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 618,476 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 11,406,584 people at an average annual payroll of $24,280 per employee (1st percentile of national industries). 26% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Food Services and Drinking Places, with 86.6% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 7% and employment rose 3%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.