Open a Turkish restaurant in Yorkshire and Humberside
Thinking of opening a Turkish restaurant in Yorkshire and Humberside? We compare all 13 councils in the region on one table. The region has 159 Turkish restaurants in total, with roughly 15,439 monthly searches across councils with known volume. 54% of the 130 rated Turkish restaurants here hold a 5-star food hygiene rating. On demand score, the three best-placed councils are Leeds (driven by search demand), East Riding of Yorkshire (driven by search demand), Sheffield (driven by search demand). The table below ranks every council by score, restaurants, searches and residents per restaurant, so you can see which councils are least saturated.
Leeds and Sheffield anchor the region, with Bradford and Hull behind them. Leeds's restaurants sit in the city centre and the student belt of Hyde Park and Headingley, and its demand per restaurant is high for a city of its size. Sheffield's cluster runs from the centre out through Ecclesall Road and the student areas. Bradford has a large South Asian food economy in which Turkish grills are a small minority, and hygiene scores across West Yorkshire are mixed. York and Harrogate have tourist demand and very few restaurants. The regional gap is in the affluent suburbs and commuter towns north of Leeds, where searches are steady and supply is close to zero.
Turkish Restaurants UK Editorial Team — updated 2026-09-04
Every council in Yorkshire and Humberside
| # | Council | Demand score | Verdict | Turkish restaurants | Monthly searches | Residents/restaurant | Hygiene-5 share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Leeds | 82 | underserved | 31 | 5,120 | 23,881 | 33% |
| 02 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 81 | underserved | 6 | 1,850 | 38,024 | 67% |
| 03 | Sheffield | 71 | underserved | 26 | 2,650 | 19,190 | 62% |
| 04 | Kirklees | 65 | balanced | 12 | 1,560 | 28,881 | 40% |
| 05 | York | 63 | balanced | 8 | 1,080 | 18,438 | 33% |
| 06 | Bradford | 62 | balanced | 9 | 890 | 45,535 | 57% |
| 07 | North Lincolnshire | 55 | balanced | 4 | — | 24,241 | 50% |
| 08 | Calderdale | 42 | balanced | 14 | 1,069 | 12,155 | 56% |
| 09 | Doncaster | 39 | saturated | 15 | 490 | 17,117 | 73% |
| 10 | Wakefield | 35 | saturated | 8 | 450 | 32,125 | 56% |
| 11 | North East Lincolnshire | 31 | saturated | 8 | — | 14,270 | 86% |
| 12 | Barnsley | 25 | saturated | 7 | 150 | 24,458 | 60% |
| 13 | Rotherham | 20 | saturated | 11 | 130 | 18,986 | 50% |
Where the clusters are
Across Yorkshire and Humberside, Turkish restaurants cluster most heavily in these postcode districts: DN1 (9), S70 (6), BD1 (6), HX1 (6), HD1 (6).