60% of Closed Businesses Not Reopening
Thu Sep 17, 2020 Daniel Greenfield
These are Yelp numbers and may only loosely reflect the actual full numbers, but they're probably reasonably accurate in portraying the trend. And the toll that lockdowns and Black Lives Matter violence have inflicted on the small businesses of this battered nation.
As of Aug, 31, 163,735 businesses have indicated on Yelp that they have closed. That’s down from the 180,000 that closed at the very beginning of the pandemic. However, it actually shows a 23% increase in the number of closures since mid-July.
In addition to monitoring closed businesses, Yelp also takes into account the businesses whose closures have become permanent. That number has steadily increased throughout the past six months, now reaching 97,966, representing 60% of closed businesses that won’t be reopening.
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