Open a Turkish restaurant
We score all 318 UK councils across 11 regions on how promising they are to open a Turkish restaurant. Nationally there are 2,880 Turkish restaurants, with roughly 369,875 monthly searches across councils with known volume. 58% of rated Turkish restaurants hold a 5-star food hygiene rating. The average council has 9.1 Turkish restaurants, and 114 councils show enough search volume or population to clear our headline-opportunity bar. The three best-placed councils by demand score are Kensington and Chelsea (driven by search demand), Oxford (driven by search demand), Birmingham (driven by search demand). Pick a region below, or scan the national top 10.
Top 10 areas by demand score
These ten councils rank highest nationally on demand score, which blends search demand, population per restaurant and review volume.
| # | Area | Monthly searches | Restaurants | Demand score | Verdict | Hygiene-5 share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Kensington and Chelsea London | 3,430 | 6 | 90 | underserved | 83% |
| 02 | Oxford South East | 2,230 | 5 | 89 | underserved | 75% |
| 03 | Birmingham West Midlands | 9,580 | 44 | 89 | underserved | 14% |
| 04 | Bristol, City of South West | 8,460 | 18 | 89 | underserved | 64% |
| 05 | Lambeth London | 3,900 | 16 | 87 | underserved | 78% |
| 06 | Swansea Wales | 1,280 | 2 | 87 | underserved | 50% |
| 07 | Salford North West | 1,260 | 3 | 86 | underserved | 50% |
| 08 | Sandwell West Midlands | 2,078 | 8 | 86 | underserved | 25% |
| 09 | Manchester North West | 11,100 | 35 | 85 | underserved | 42% |
| 10 | Ealing London | 3,030 | 16 | 85 | underserved | 20% |
Where the clusters are
Nationally, Turkish restaurants cluster most heavily in these postcode districts: EN3 (24), N16 (22), E1 (22), N4 (21), SE1 (20), BN1 (17), HA8 (17), CR0 (17), LE3 (16), N17 (15).