A STATEWIDE SNAPSHOT
Your day-to-day experience matters.
Whether you operate one neighborhood restaurant or oversee locations across Virginia, the realities behind your numbers deserve to be understood. Food, utilities, labor, rent, and payment-processing costs all affect decisions about staffing, pricing, investment, and growth.
VRLTA created this survey to gather timely, Virginia-specific insight directly from restaurant operators. The findings will help inform conversations with the General Assembly, the Governor’s administration, and other decision-makers whose work affects the hospitality industry.
Your privacy comes first.
The survey is anonymous. VRLTA will use the combined findings to understand statewide conditions and support its advocacy work - not to identify individual respondents or businesses.
WHY PARTICPATE?
Better data creates a stronger voice.
Broad participation helps ensure that policymakers hear from restaurants of every size, concept, and region - not only VRLTA members.
01
Reflect real operating conditions
Add your experience to a statewide view of sales, traffic, costs, staffing, and the outlook ahead.
02
Strengthen industry advocacy
Give VRLTA concrete insight to carry into policy conversations on behalf of Virginia restaurants.
03
Represent your community
Help capture the challenges and opportunities facing restaurants in your part of the Commonwealth.
MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE COUNT
Take the 2026 Virginia Restaurant Operations Survey.
Your perspective can help build a more accurate picture of the industry and guide a more informed response to the issues restaurants face.