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The size of Egypt’s food and beverage services sector

180,585 establishments; 709,967 workers; 4.7% of all establishments

"180,000 restaurants and cafés and 710,000 workers: a sector the size of an entire city, but without oversight proportionate to its size"

Number of establishments

0

establishments

Workers

0

people

Average workforce

3.9 people

per establishment

of all establishments

4.7%

out of 3.8 million establishments

Comparison with inspections

Food establishments

180,585

Inspected (all sectors)

Only 251,639

Source: CAPMAS Economic Census, 2022/2023