NAICS 722310 · Accommodation and Food Services
Food Service Contractors: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 29,463 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing food services at institutional, governmental, commercial, or industrial locations of others based on contractual arrangements with these types of organizations for a specified period of time. The establishments of this industry provide food services for the convenience of the contracting organization or the contracting organization's customers. The contractual arrangement of these establishments with contracting organizations may vary by type of facility operated (e.g., cafeteria, restaurant, fast-food eating place), revenue sharing, cost structure, and personnel provided. Management staff is always provided by food service contractors.
Businesses classified here include
- Airline food services contractors
- Cafeteria food services contractors (e.g., government office cafeterias, hospital cafeterias, school cafeterias)
- Food concession contractors (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities)
- Food service contractors, airline
- Food service contractors, cafeteria
- Food service contractors, concession operators (e.g., convention facilities, entertainment facilities, sporting facilities)
- Food service contractors, industrial
- Food service contractors, institutional
- Industrial caterers (i.e., providing food services on a contractual arrangement (except single-event basis))
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 722310), U.S. Census Bureau.
Name ideas for food service contractors
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U.S. business numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
Top states for food service contractors
- California 2,461 locations
- New York 2,167 locations
- Texas 2,048 locations
- Pennsylvania 1,799 locations
- Illinois 1,444 locations
- Florida 1,394 locations
- New Jersey 1,192 locations
- Massachusetts 1,117 locations
- Michigan 920 locations
- North Carolina 872 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (347)
- Alaska (60)
- Arizona (566)
- Arkansas (253)
- California (2,461)
- Colorado (468)
- Connecticut (514)
- Delaware (105)
- District of Columbia (345)
- Florida (1,394)
- Georgia (799)
- Hawaii (85)
- Idaho (110)
- Illinois (1,444)
- Indiana (555)
- Iowa (236)
- Kansas (346)
- Kentucky (327)
- Louisiana (407)
- Maine (90)
- Maryland (616)
- Massachusetts (1,117)
- Michigan (920)
- Minnesota (761)
- Mississippi (298)
- Missouri (710)
- Montana (66)
- Nebraska (207)
- Nevada (160)
- New Hampshire (207)
- New Jersey (1,192)
- New Mexico (175)
- New York (2,167)
- North Carolina (872)
- North Dakota (55)
- Ohio (821)
- Oklahoma (480)
- Oregon (261)
- Pennsylvania (1,799)
- Rhode Island (157)
- South Carolina (393)
- South Dakota (88)
- Tennessee (520)
- Texas (2,048)
- Utah (154)
- Vermont (98)
- Virginia (787)
- Washington (650)
- West Virginia (121)
- Wisconsin (622)
- Wyoming (29)