3,286 restaurants permanently closed in US in June, the highest number in the past year. Of the closings, 204 were pizza restaurants, the largest number of closures across cuisines that were tracked. Subway had the most number of closures by a chain at 53. New restaurant openings were relatively flat from May at 1368 (+1%). 11 new Chipotle locations opened.
In Canada, there were 350 restaurants that permanently closed in June. That’s up from 10% from in May. There were 156 openings in June, relatively flat from the month before. There were 5 new barBurrito’s that opened, and 31 of the openings were in British Columbia.