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title: "10 Reasons Why Restaurants Fail (And How to Prevent Each One)"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/615b3597-2e95-49ca-86e3-d092f970c2a6
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/10-reasons-why-restaurants-fail-and-how-to-prevent-each-one-2719181
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2022-07-22T14:09:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:11:24.843Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/cb39acb311983485078a5b46bbd66a8e7312.jpg
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# 10 Reasons Why Restaurants Fail (And How to Prevent Each One)

**TL;DR:** When launching a restaurant concept, it's essential to focus on the 10 reasons why restaurants fail, including location, menu, and customer service.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-07-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/10-reasons-why-restaurants-fail-and-how-to-prevent-each-one-2719181).*

## Story

When you launch your restaurant concept, you plan to be in it for the long haul. You really can’t go into it any other way. But with an estimated 60% of independently operated restaurants failing in their first year (and 80% to 90% fail in the first three to five years of operation), this is an important topic to focus on.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- restaurants (topic)
- failure (topic)
- prevention (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/10-reasons-why-restaurants-fail-and-how-to-prevent-each-one-2719181). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/615b3597-2e95-49ca-86e3-d092f970c2a6).