The vast majority of restaurants using DoorDash in Portland that were open in September 2024 remained open a year later, per new data the company shared exclusively with Axios.
Why it matters: Some eatery churn is normal, even healthy. But low rates of restaurant survival may suggest something rotten in the state of the local industry.
- And while most new Portland restaurants stayed in business during that time, the city ranked near the bottom for survival rates among the 100 most populous cities in the country.
By the numbers: Just over 91% of Portland restaurants included in the analysis survived the year, per DoorDash’s new State of Local Commerce report, which features a bounty of metrics on restaurant trends.
- That put Portland at 80th out of the top 100 cities.
- Lincoln, Nebraska (97.3%), Anaheim, California (95.7%), and Fort Wayne, Indiana (95.5%) had the best restaurant resiliency rates in the covered period.
- Fremont, California (87.6%), Henderson, Nevada (89.2%), and Seattle (89.8%) had the lowest such rates — meaning lots of closures.
The resiliency rate across all included cities was 93%.
Yes, but: Portland also ranked just outside of the top 10 for restaurant openings…