Over the eight months of 2026, the number of new companies and liquidations in Russian public catering has increased
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Over the eight months of 2026, in the Russian catering segment, the number of new companies increased by 13.6% to 24.8 thousand, and the number of liquidations increased by 29.4% to 21.2 thousand, according to Rusprofile, while the owner of Black Star Burger Yuri Levitas warned that the increase in registrations does not mean the industry is emerging from the crisis, and Focus Technologies expert Mikhail Vasiliev noted that new projects are faced with rising costs for products, personnel, rent and others articles.
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In the Russian catering segment, over the eight months of 2026, there has been an increase in both the number of new companies and the number of liquidations, which indicates high turbulence in the market.
Over the eight months of 2026, the number of new companies in the Russian catering segment increased by 13.6 percent and reached 24.8 thousand. This was shown by a study conducted by Rusprofile. His results were cited by the Kommersant publication.
As for the number of liquidations, it jumped by 29.4 percent and amounted to 21.2 thousand. In total, 170.4 thousand companies operated in the country in the middle of last month.
Commenting on these data, the owner of the Black Star Burger chain, Yuri Levitas, urged not to consider the increase in registrations of new restaurant business as a sign that the industry has emerged from the crisis. In turn, Mikhail Vasiliev, head of research and consulting at Focus Technologies, stated that new projects continue to enter the market, but some establishments cannot cope with rising costs for products, personnel, rent, utilities, marketing, and taxes.
Open Questions
- Which regions of Russia showed the greatest growth or decline in public catering?
- How do catering indicators compare with other service industries?
- What measures to support businesses in public catering are being discussed at the state level?
