Restaurant Buyer Annual Report – 2003
December 31, 2003

In our Restaurant Buyer Annual Report, we are pleased to announce that 2003 was a record year for Restaurants For Sale Online, as our new system resulted in a huge influx of buyer activity including buyers taking the time to register in our system. In total the site received over 4,600 registered buyers which equated to nearly $1.4 billion of cash available to invest in restaurants.

Below find charts summarizing the buyer activity for the year:
 

2003 Summary	Midwest	Northeast	South	West	International	Total
New Buyers	572	1035	1009	1491	557	4664
Percentage	12.3%	22.2%	21.6%	32.0%	11.9%	100%
Median Cash Available	$75,000	$100,000	$50,000	$100,000	$100,000	$86,000
Average Cash Available	$332,000	$275,000	$272,000	$303,000	$319,000	$294,000
Total Cash	$189,904,000	$284,625,000	$274,448,000	$451,773,000	$177,683,000	$1,378,433,000

 

Please note that the information provided in the Restaurant Buyer Activity Reports are for informational purposes to our site users and may not be published or otherwise utilized without the express written consent of Restaurants For Sale Online, LLC.

 

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,