Restaurant Buyer Activity Quarterly Report – Q1 2008
3/31/2008

In the First Quarter of 2008 Restaurants For Sale Online registered 1610 new buyers. This was a 18.5% increase over the prior period and a slight -0.8% decrease over the same period in 2007 indicating a strong first quarter with lots of activity. Below find a breakdown of how buyers registered on a regional basis during this period.
 

	Q1 2008	Q1 2007	Q4 2007
Midwest	13.6%	12.1%	13.2%
Northeast	15.2%	20.7%	16.1%
South	28.5%	27.8%	26.4%
West	23.9%	28.7%	23.5%
International	18.8%	10.7%	20.7%

 

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RFSO Defined Regions
West	PACIFIC: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
	MOUNTAIN:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Midwest	EAST NORTH CENTRAL:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
	WEST NORTH CENTRAL: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Northeast	MIDDLE ATLANTIC: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
	NEW ENGLAND: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
South	EAST SOUTH CENTRAL: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
	SOUTH ATLANTIC: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia
	WEST SOUTH CENTRAL: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
International	ALL REGIONS OUTSIDE OF THE USA: Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and all other countries/regions,