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How many restaurants are in Houston, TX?
There are 18,506 restaurants in Houston, TX. 14,287 of them (77%) have a website.
18,506
restaurants listed
77%
have a website
80.3
per 10,000 residents
Selling to restaurants in Houston?
Small Fish reads each one’s website and keeps the ones that fit what you sell, like “no online booking”, with a phone, an email and a one-line reason to reach out.
Find the ones worth contacting →How Houston compares
Houston ranks 4 of 6 cities we counted for restaurants per resident.
| City | restaurants | per 10,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Queens, NY | 52,771 | 219.4 |
| Brooklyn, NY | 53,578 | 195.8 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 34,376 | 85.3 |
| Houston, TX | 18,506 | 80.3 |
| Chicago, IL | 19,335 | 70.4 |
| New York, NY | 54,237 | 64.1 |
Other businesses in Houston
- real estate agents: 4,566
- auto repair shops: 4,200
- hair salons: 3,467
- car dealers: 3,197
- dentists: 3,160
- insurance agents: 3,068
- law firms: 1,723
- HVAC companies: 1,106
- chiropractors: 1,093
- bakeries: 1,036
- coffee shops: 964
- plumbers: 946
- roofers: 898
- optometrists: 896
- med spas: 832
- accountants: 695
- house cleaning services: 689
- physical therapists: 594
- veterinarians: 591
- landscapers: 437
- electricians: 420
- pest control companies: 297
- painters: 181
How we count
From the open Overture Maps business listings (release 2026-08-19.0), within Houston’s boundary, counted in October 2026. Listings data, not a census: a few may have closed or moved, and a business filed under another category is not included. Population is the city’s own figure from the same release’s boundaries.