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Restaurant Advocacy Survey

January 2026

The National Restaurant Association is collecting information that will support the restaurant industry’s advocacy efforts in the year ahead. Please be assured that all information provided is anonymous and strictly confidential.

The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Please submit a completed survey by January 31.

For the entire survey, please provide information for a single restaurant location. If you are a restaurant operator with multiple restaurants in your organization, please consider completing a separate survey for each location. If you wish to only complete one survey, please choose your primary restaurant for this survey.
In which state is this restaurant located?
Which segment best describes the restaurant for which you are completing this survey?
Which of the following best describes the restaurant for which you are completing this survey?
Which of the following best describes your restaurant’s legal form of organization?
Which of the following best describes the community in which this restaurant is located?
The next few questions ask about current business conditions.

During the last several months, did any of your food or beverage costs increase because of tariffs?(Required.)
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