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Above National Average

KC residents go to quick service restaurants 6 times a month; sit-downs 3.7 times

    The average resident of Kansas City, MO, visits a quick service restaurant (McDonald's, Subway, Burger King, etc.) six times a month, and goes to a sit-down restaurant (Applebee's, Friday's, Boston Market, etc.) approximately 3.7 times a month.

    Those were the findings of Scarborough Research, the leading market research firm for identifying the shopping, media and lifestyle patterns of adults in the United States (5/31).

    According to Scarborough in its national survey, the average adult visits a quick service restaurant 5.2 times in a given month.  The average adult visits a sit-down restaurant 3.4 times a month.

    Residents of Birmingham, AL,  lead the nation in visiting  quick service restaurants 6.5 times in an average month. Louisville, KY (6.4) was second, followed by Austin, TX (6.3), Memphis, TN (6.3) and Raleigh, NC (6.2) round out the top five local markets for frequent fast food restaurant patronage.

    In the sit-down segment Orlando, FL is the top local market for restaurant patronage with 4.5 visits monthly. Cincinnati, OH (4.2), Fort Myers, FL (4.2), Tampa, FL (4.1) and Atlanta, GA (4.1) complete the top five local markets.  (Full results below)

Scarborough Local Market Analysis: Average Number of Visits to Quick Service Restaurants, Past 30 Days

DMAŽ*

Average Number of Visits, Past 30 Days

Index**

Birmingham, AL

6.5

125

Louisville, KY

6.4

124

Austin, TX

6.3

121

Memphis, TN

6.3

121

Tulsa, OK

6.2

120

Raleigh/Durham, NC

6.2

120

Atlanta, GA

6.2

119

San Antonio, TX

6.2

119

Oklahoma City, OK

6.2

119

Nashville, TN

6.1

117

Indianapolis, IN

6.1

117

Lexington, KY

6.1

117

Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC

6.1

116

Dayton, OH

6.0

115

Kansas City, MO

6.0

115

Knoxville, TN

6.0

115

Charlotte, NC

6.0

115

Columbus, OH

6.0

114

Cincinnati, OH

6.0

114

Jacksonville, FL

5.9

113

Charleston/Huntington, WV

5.9

113

Houston, TX

5.9

112

Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News, VA

5.9

112

Chicago, IL

5.8

112

Mobile, AL/Pensacola,FL

5.8

111

Los Angeles, CA

5.8

111

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

5.8

111

St. Louis, MO

5.8

111

Las Vegas, NV

5.8

111

Wichita/Hutchinson, KS

5.8

111

Greenville, SC

5.8

111

Salt Lake City, UT

5.8

111

El Paso, TX

5.6

108

Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA

5.6

107

Richmond/Petersburg, VA

5.6

107

Toledo, OH

5.5

106

Phoenix, AZ

5.5

106

Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI

5.5

105

Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, CA

5.5

105

Fresno/Visalia, CA

5.5

105

Detroit, MI

5.4

104

Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, FL

5.4

104

Denver, CO

5.4

103

Cleveland/Akron, OH

5.3

102

Milwaukee, WI

5.3

101

Washington, D.C.

5.2

100

San Diego, CA

5.2

100

Honolulu, HI

5.2

100

Des Moines/Ames, IL

5.2

99

Tucson, AZ

5.1

98

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

5.1

98

Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM

5.1

98

Baltimore, MD

5.0

96

Tampa/St.Petersburg, FL

5.0

96

Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, ,MI

4.9

94

Miami/Ft.Lauderdale, FL

4.8

93

Portland, OR

4.7

91

Providence/New Bedford, RI

4.7

90

San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA

4.7

89

Seattle/Tacoma, WA

4.6

88

West Palm Beach/Fort Pierce, FL

4.6

88

Buffalo, NY

4.5

86

Pittsburgh, PA

4.5

86

Spokane, WA

4.5

85

Boston, MA

4.3

83

Rochester, NY

4.3

82

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA

4.3

82

New York, NY

4.2

80

Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY

4.1

79

Hartford/New Haven, CT

4.1

79

Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York, PA

4.1

79

Philadelphia, PA

4.1

79

Syracuse, NY

4.0

77

Fort Myers/Naples, FL

4.0

77

Scarborough Local Market Analysis: Average Number of Visits to                                          Sit-Down Restaurants, Past 30 Days

DMAŽ*

Average Number of Visits, Past 30 Days

Index**

Orlando/Daytona Beach/Melbourne, FL

4.5

131

Cincinnati, OH

4.2

123

Fort Myers/Naples, FL

4.2

121

Tampa/St.Petersburg, FL

4.1

119

Atlanta, GA

4.1

118

Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC

4.1

118

San Antonio, TX

4.0

117

Houston, TX

4.0

117

West Palm Beach/Fort Pierce, FL

4.0

116

Austin, TX

4.0

116

Knoxville, TN

3.9

114

Dayton, OH

3.9

114

Jacksonville, FL

3.9

112

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

3.8

110

Nashville, TN

3.8

110

Los Angeles, CA

3.8

110

Columbus, OH

3.8

110

St. Louis, MO

3.8

109

Louisville, KY

3.8

109

Mobile/Pensacola, FL

3.7

108

Kansas City, MO

3.7

108

Oklahoma City, OK

3.7

107

Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, CA

3.7

107

Raleigh/Durham, NC

3.7

107

Tulsa, OK

3.6

106

Charlotte, NC

3.6

106

Indianapolis, IN

3.6

105

San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA

3.6

105

Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo/Battle Creek, MI

3.6

105

Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville/Anderson, SC

3.6

104

Miami/Ft.Lauderdale, FL

3.6

104

San Diego, CA

3.6

103

Detroit, MI

3.6

103

Denver, CO

3.5

103

Washington, D.C.

3.5

103

Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News, VA

3.5

103

Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York, PA

3.5

103

Providence/New Bedford, RI

3.5

102

Chicago, IL

3.5

102

Phoenix, AZ

3.5

101

Las Vegas, NV

3.5

101

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

3.5

100

Albuquerque/Santa Fe, NM

3.5

100

Tucson, AZ

3.4

100

Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA

3.4

99

Wichita/Hutchinson, KS

3.4

99

Pittsburgh, PA

3.4

99

Memphis, TN

3.4

99

Cleveland/Akron, OH

3.4

99

Portland, OR

3.4

98

El Paso, TX

3.4

98

Birmingham, AL

3.4

98

Richmond/Petersburg, VA

3.4

98

Baltimore, MD

3.4

97

Toledo, OH

3.3

97

Seattle/Tacoma, WA

3.3

96

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA

3.3

95

Flint/Saginaw/Bay City, MI

3.3

94

Philadelphia, PA

3.2

93

Boston, MA

3.2

93

Lexington, KY

3.1

91

New York, NY

3.1

90

Hartford/New Haven, CT

3.1

89

Des Moines/Ames, IA

3.1

89

Salt Lake City, UT

3.0

88

Milwaukee, WI

3.0

88

Charleston/Huntington, WV

3.0

88

Albany/Schenectady/Troy, NY

3.0

88

Syracuse, NY

3.0

88

Fresno/Visalia, CA

3.0

88

Honolulu, HI

3.0

86

Buffalo, NY

3.0

86

Rochester, NY

2.9

85

Spokane, WA

2.5

72

* DMAŽ or Designated Market Area, is a trademark of Nielsen Media Research.

** Index is against the mean trips made to a restaurant establishment. For example, in the quick service restaurant ranking, Birmingham, AL has an index of 125. This means that Birmingham consumers are 25 percent more likely than all consumers nationally to be frequent visitors of quick service restaurants.

SOURCE: Scarborough Research, 2005, Scarborough USA+ (Release 2 2005). The Scarborough USA+ database is a national study of consumer behaviors, including lifestyles, media patterns, and retail preferences.