Ownership change tracking
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Invisible business failure — ownership transfers by cuisine family. Pizza, Asian, and Deli cuisines show high non-closure turnover.
3,749 ownership transfer events matched to cuisine across 50 cuisine types. Pizza & Italian, Asian, and Mexican/Latin cuisines show the highest invisible turnover — same location, same signage, new LLC. Closure velocity counts DBPR status-45/46 license deactivations. Ownership transfers are invisible to closure velocity — the license continues under a new entity while the restaurant may look identical to consumers. Pizza/Italian restaurants have the highest non-QSR ownership turnover rate in Florida, followed by Asian cuisines (Sushi, Chinese, Japanese). For franchise QSR (Fast Food) turnover is expected; for independent pizza/sushi it often signals that the original operator could not sustain the business.
Data sources: Ownership change tracking. Built from DBPR public inspection records, Florida Sunbiz business filings, and Foursquare/OSS location data. All counts are derived from public records — no estimates or projections unless labeled as forecast.