Open a Turkish restaurant in East Midlands
Thinking of opening a Turkish restaurant in East Midlands? We compare all 35 councils in the region on one table. The region has 188 Turkish restaurants in total, with roughly 18,646 monthly searches across councils with known volume. 62% of the 65 rated Turkish restaurants here hold a 5-star food hygiene rating. On demand score, the three best-placed councils are Nottingham (driven by search demand), West Lindsey (driven by search demand), West Northamptonshire (driven by population per restaurant). The table below ranks every council by score, restaurants, searches and residents per restaurant, so you can see which councils are least saturated.
Editorial note: East Midlands
In the East Midlands the story is Leicester and Nottingham, with Derby some way behind. Leicester has one of the higher counts outside London, tied to its wider South Asian food economy and a run of grills along the Narborough Road and Belgrave corridors, and hygiene scores there are noticeably weaker than the national average, which points to a quality gap rather than a supply gap. Nottingham's cluster sits in the city centre and Lenton student area. Outside the cities, market towns from Lincoln to Northampton mostly have one or two kebab takeaways each and search volumes that are small individually but add up across the region. A restaurant that can serve two or three of those towns from a well-placed unit on an A-road is a different proposition from opening in a city centre.
Turkish Restaurants UK Editorial Team — updated 2026-09-04
Every council in East Midlands
| Council | Demand score | Verdict | Turkish restaurants | Monthly searches | Residents/restaurant | Hygiene-5 share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham | 74 | underserved | 14 | 1,720 | 19,037 | 100% |
| West Lindsey | 69 | balanced | 0 | 1,250 | 31,718 | — |
| West Northamptonshire | 68 | balanced | 18 | — | 20,273 | 50% |
| East Lindsey | 66 | balanced | 4 | 1,250 | 20,329 | 100% |
| Erewash | 63 | balanced | 0 | 635 | 37,638 | — |
| North East Derbyshire | 59 | balanced | 0 | 574 | 33,999 | — |
| South Derbyshire | 58 | balanced | 0 | 603 | 35,734 | — |
| Charnwood | 57 | balanced | 6 | 826 | 20,441 | 67% |
| North Northamptonshire | 52 | balanced | 19 | — | 16,342 | 71% |
| Derby | 51 | balanced | 10 | 760 | 20,105 | — |
| Rushcliffe | 51 | balanced | 2 | 492 | 23,815 | — |
| North Kesteven | 50 | balanced | 3 | 721 | 19,679 | — |
| Leicester | 49 | balanced | 36 | 1,450 | 9,451 | 60% |
| South Kesteven | 49 | balanced | 7 | 875 | 14,340 | 50% |
| Lincoln | 47 | balanced | 4 | 710 | 14,830 | — |
| North West Leicestershire | 46 | balanced | 2 | 470 | 20,942 | 100% |
| Amber Valley | 45 | balanced | 3 | 580 | 21,034 | — |
| Newark and Sherwood | 44 | balanced | 2 | 508 | 24,592 | — |
| Broxtowe | 43 | balanced | 3 | 459 | 18,490 | — |
| South Holland | 40 | balanced | 3 | 581 | 15,854 | 100% |
| High Peak | 40 | saturated | 2 | 512 | 18,188 | — |
| Derbyshire Dales | 36 | saturated | 1 | 402 | 17,885 | — |
| Mansfield | 34 | saturated | 4 | 400 | 15,782 | — |
| Bassetlaw | 33 | saturated | 5 | 487 | 14,725 | — |
| Chesterfield | 33 | saturated | 2 | 170 | 20,713 | 100% |
| Gedling | 28 | saturated | 4 | 200 | 16,752 | — |
| Ashfield | 28 | saturated | 8 | 522 | 11,482 | 50% |
| Blaby | 25 | saturated | 0 | 50 | 34,307 | — |
| Harborough | 25 | saturated | 5 | 439 | 12,203 | 100% |
| Bolsover | 24 | saturated | 2 | 260 | 16,055 | — |
| Boston | 20 | saturated | 4 | 380 | 10,072 | — |
| Oadby and Wigston | 19 | saturated | 2 | 90 | 11,550 | 50% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 13 | saturated | 10 | 90 | 8,742 | 100% |
| Rutland | 9 | saturated | 1 | 110 | 10,264 | — |
| Melton | 6 | saturated | 2 | 70 | 10,350 | 100% |
Where the clusters are
Across East Midlands, Turkish restaurants cluster most heavily in these postcode districts: LE3 (16), LE2 (13), NN1 (8), NN8 (7), LE1 (6).