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In 2018, the restaurant and bars/cafés sector experienced steady growth in many countries surveyed by HOTREC.
Restaurants’ turnover keeps growing in almost all countries, with high growth in Finland, Spain, Germany, Hungary,
etc. However, revenues dropped in 2018 in France and Switzerland.
2018 KEY FIGURES FOR RESTAURANTS
AND BARS IN SELECTED EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES1
Denmark
(2017 figures)
Strong growth
in turnover
and employment
in 2018
Restaurant and bar
turnover (2017)
+7,5%
Restaurant and bar
employment (2017)
Restaurants: +6,9%
representings:
51.300 persons
Bars/cafés: +3,3%
representings:
15.500 persons
Number of establishments:
Restaurants: +6%
Bars/cafés: +3%
Finland
Turnover and
employment keep
rising strongly
in 2018
Restaurant turnover
+4,9%
Employment (restaurants)
+2,4%
Number of establishments:
+2,1%
France United Kingdom
A difficult year
2018
Restaurant turnover
-2%
Café/bar turnover -4%
Brasserie turnover -3%
Contraction
in the number of
establishments
Number of pubs & bars -1,9%
Number of managed restaurants
-0,1%
Overall licensed premises -3,1%
Germany
Steady growth
in 2018
Turnover Restaurants: +3,1%
Turnover Bars/Pubs/cafés: +0,7%
Employment
Restaurants: +0,9%
representing 831.000 persons
Bars/Pubs/cafés: +1%
representing 242.000 persons
Hungary
Contrasted trends in
the catering sector
Turnover of all catering establishments
+17,3%
Number of restaurants -0.1%
Number of liquid stores and discos: -2.8%
1. Sources: HOTREC member associations from Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom