Food Services Industry Operating Expenses by NAICS

Statistics Canada provides annual operating expense percentages for the food services and drinking places industry (NAICS 722). The data covers a five-year period, detailing expenditures by North American Industry Classification System categories.

Use Cases

• Analyze expense category trends within NAICS 722 over the five-year period to identify cost drivers.
• Benchmark annual operating expense percentages against other industry data for economic modeling.
• Model industry financial health using the NAICS 722 classification and its reported expenditure data.

Strengths

• Data originates from Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Provides a five-year time series for longitudinal analysis.
• Uses the standardized North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for categorization.

Limitations

• Specific metrics like row count, column names, and sample size are unavailable for assessment.
• The dataset scope is limited to a single industry (NAICS 722) without broader sector comparisons.
• Data granularity below the annual and industry level is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Collected under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for industry expenditures.

Time Range

Five years of annual data.

Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Canada