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Closure Velocity

Quarterly closure acceleration by cuisine, county, and market slice.

Donuts leads the current closure-velocity table. Closure velocity measures how fast restaurants are permanently shutting down in each area. A rising rate means more closures per month than historical average. This report treats closure velocity as rates, not raw counts -- Donuts at 40.1% is the metric, not 97 raw closures.

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Updated 2026-05-22 15:03 UTC

Charts

Closure velocity by cuisine

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Donuts 97 40.1% running 5.8x the typical rate 242 0.05 ›
Sandwiches 190 13.3% running 1.2x the typical rate 1432 0.09 ›
Fast Food 350 10.6% running 0.8x the typical rate 3299 0.16 ›
Desserts 24 9.7% running 0.6x the typical rate 247 0.01 ›
Ice Cream 91 9.4% running 0.5x the typical rate 970 0.04 ›
Lounge 27 9.4% running 0.5x the typical rate 288 0.01 ›
Bakery 61 9.1% running 0.5x the typical rate 671 0.03 ›
Juice/Smoothie 35 9.0% running 0.5x the typical rate 387 0.02 ›
Jamaican 10 8.4% running 0.4x the typical rate 119 0.00 ›
Burgers 79 8.4% running 0.3x the typical rate 946 0.04 ›
Burritos 16 8.2% running 0.3x the typical rate 195 0.01 ›
Event Catering 11 8.1% running 0.3x the typical rate 135 0.01 ›
Pub 20 7.5% running 0.2x the typical rate 268 0.01 ›
Cafe 132 6.9% running 0.1x the typical rate 1914 0.06 ›
American 50 6.7% running 0.1x the typical rate 741 0.02 ›
Sports Bar 39 6.7% running 0.1x the typical rate 578 0.02 ›
Food Truck 12 6.7% running 0.1x the typical rate 179 0.01 ›
Cocktail Bar 17 6.5% typical range 263 0.01 ›
Brunch 47 6.3% typical range 743 0.02 ›
Latin American 15 6.3% typical range 238 0.01 ›

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top 10 cuisines accelerating

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Donuts 97 40.1% running 5.8x the typical rate 242 0.05 ›
Sandwiches 190 13.3% running 1.2x the typical rate 1432 0.09 ›
Fast Food 350 10.6% running 0.8x the typical rate 3299 0.16 ›
Desserts 24 9.7% running 0.6x the typical rate 247 0.01 ›
Ice Cream 91 9.4% running 0.5x the typical rate 970 0.04 ›
Lounge 27 9.4% running 0.5x the typical rate 288 0.01 ›
Bakery 61 9.1% running 0.5x the typical rate 671 0.03 ›
Juice/Smoothie 35 9.0% running 0.5x the typical rate 387 0.02 ›
Jamaican 10 8.4% running 0.4x the typical rate 119 0.00 ›
Burgers 79 8.4% running 0.3x the typical rate 946 0.04 ›

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top 10 counties accelerating

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Baker 47 36.2% running 4.5x the typical rate 17 6.02 ›
Osceola 1170 23.1% running 2.6x the typical rate 270 6.95 ›
Lake 961 18.8% running 2.0x the typical rate 181 4.71 ›
Sumter 255 14.5% running 1.4x the typical rate 37 2.85 ›
Indian River 430 14.0% running 1.3x the typical rate 60 3.75 ›
Orange 5578 13.9% running 1.3x the typical rate 778 5.44 ›
Hillsborough 4256 13.0% running 1.2x the typical rate 554 3.80 ›
Brevard 1571 12.9% running 1.1x the typical rate 202 3.33 ›
Glades 16 12.5% running 1.1x the typical rate 2 1.65 ›
Volusia 1561 12.0% running 1.0x the typical rate 188 3.40 ›

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Top 10 counties decelerating

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Washington 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Walton 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Wakulla 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Union 14 0.0% running 0.7x below the typical rate 0 0.00 ›
Taylor 1 0.0% running 0.7x below the typical rate 0 0.00 ›
Santa Rosa 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Okaloosa 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Madison 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Liberty 0 0.0% typical range 0 0.00 ›
Leon 1 0.0% running 0.7x below the typical rate 0 0.00 ›

Raw counts mislead -- Putnam County losing 4 places is different from Miami losing 4. Use the rate or per-capita column for defensible comparisons. Methodology details linked above.

Data sources: CTI. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records โ€” no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.