Full-Service Restaurants in Illinois — margin & local benchmarks
The full-service restaurants industry's national net profit margin is 3.4% (national, owner-operator basis — no state-level margin exists in any public source). In Illinois, there are 9,928 full-service restaurants establishments.
3.4%net profit margin · owner-operator basis
Owner-operator basis (IRS SOI sole proprietorships, TY2023): net income less deficit ÷ business receipts. Measured at NAICS 722 — Food services & drinking places (all restaurants + bars); full-service restaurants are a subset. Owner's own labor is not expensed, so this overstates corporate-style profit. Profit margin is published only nationally (IRS SOI);
this site never adjusts it to look local — see methodology.
Full-Service Restaurants in Illinois
Local counts from Census County Business Patterns (2023) and BLS QCEW. Establishment counts survive disclosure suppression; payroll/wage cells may be withheld and are then shown as insufficient data.
| Metric | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Establishments in Illinois | 9,928 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Employment in Illinois | 188,628 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Annual payroll in Illinois | $5,546,402,000 | State 2023 source ↗ |
| Average weekly wage in Illinois | $605 | State 2024 source ↗ |
Business survival rates by firm age are published by Census BDS at the national level only (not by state or industry jointly) — so no local survival figure is shown here, rather than a misleading one.
Metro-level counts, multi-year trends, and geography-to-geography comparison are available to subscribers. This page shows the current national margin plus current Illinois counts.
Frequently asked
How many full-service restaurants businesses are in Illinois?
9,928 establishments (Census County Business Patterns, 2023).
What is the average full-service restaurants wage in Illinois?
$605 per week (BLS QCEW 2024, private sector).
What profit margin do full-service restaurants businesses make?
About 3.4% net margin nationally (owner-operator basis, IRS SOI) — no state-level margin is published.
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