Industry data: Quick-service restaurants
05 July 2004 by David Shrimpton
The number of quick-service restaurants (such as hamburger outlets) in the UK fell between 1996 and 1998, but has since risen slightly to 29,451.
| Number of outlets | Millions of meals | Food sales (£m) | |
| 1996 | 29,677 | 1,930 | 6,178 |
| 1997 | 29,244 | 1,908 | 6,164 |
| 1998 | 28,253 | 1,924 | 6,254 |
| 1999 | 28,527 | 1,908 | 6,256 |
| 2000 | 28,694 | 1,909 | 6,126 |
| 2001 | 29,050 | 1,874 | 6,324 |
| 2002 | 29,384 | 1,946 | 6,393 |
| 2003 | 29,451 | 1,959 | 6,381 |
