Grand Rapids, MI · market #70
Win more orders in Grand Rapids.
1,765 restaurants compete for the same guests in the Grand Rapids area. We take care of your marketing and sales, so guests find you, order from you and come back, and you take care of the kitchen and good food.
- 1,765restaurants in the Grand Rapids area
- 1restaurants per sq mi in Kent County
- 41%are sit-down (full-service)
- 15restaurants per 10,000 people
Most restaurants: Kent County (1,181) · Ottawa County (374) · Ionia County (75) · Montcalm County (71) · Barry County (64). Busiest ZIP: 49503 (Grand Rapids), 146 restaurants.
Your Grand Rapids playbook
What wins in Grand Rapids, from its own numbers.
- 1
Win the office lunch
About 59% of Grand Rapids's restaurants are counter-service, cafés or snack bars. One shared link lets a whole office add to one pickup order.
- 2
Move regulars off the delivery apps
Every app order pays a commission and the guest belongs to the app. Orders on your own site, with Apple Pay, keep the margin and the guest.
- 3
Be the name people find nearby
In the Grand Rapids area guests drive to dinner, and they choose from what shows up when they search. We set you up to show up, with your menu and an order button.
- 4
Fill the quiet hours
Smart offers spot your slow hours and draft a deal; you approve it and it goes out by email, WhatsApp or text.
Michigan right now
Tipped pay rises yearly. Let AI handle the phones.
Michigan's minimum is $13.73, $15 in January, and the tipped share climbs to 50% by 2031. Free staff from phones.
Labour costs keep rising
Michigan's minimum wage is $13.73 and the tipped cash wage $5.49. Every staff hour spent answering phones costs more.
Source · 2026-11-05
$15 minimum in January
Under SB 8, Michigan's minimum rises to $15.00 on January 1, 2027 and tipped pay to 42% of it, about $6.30.
Source · 2025-12
Delivery apps take 15-30%
DoorDash's US plans charge 15%, 25% or 30% per delivered order. Orders on your own site keep that margin in the restaurant.
Source · 2026-11
How do restaurants in Grand Rapids get more online orders?
Be the restaurant people find first when they search nearby, let them order on your own site with Apple Pay, and bring them back with offers and rewards. WhatsTable does all three for Grand Rapids restaurants on Clover, and nothing is added to the guest's bill.
How many restaurants are there in Grand Rapids?
About 1,765 restaurants, about 41% of them sit-down, based on US Census County Business Patterns for the Grand Rapids area.
What does WhatsTable cost?
$0 a month, no setup fee, no contract. WhatsTable takes 5–10% of the sales that come through it. Walk-in sales cost you nothing.
Do I need Clover?
Yes, today WhatsTable works with Clover. Tell us what you use on the demo form and we will let you know when it works with yours.
Nearby markets
- #13 Detroit, MI 7,739 restaurants · up to 5/sq mi
- #1 New York, NY 45,519 restaurants · up to 357/sq mi
- #2 San Francisco, CA 11,199 restaurants · up to 69/sq mi
- #3 Miami, FL 11,927 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
- #4 Boston, MA 10,567 restaurants · up to 36/sq mi
- #5 Seattle, WA 8,443 restaurants · up to 3/sq mi
Restaurant counts: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (NAICS 7225), Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area. Population: Census estimates for 2023. Density uses land area from the Census Gazetteer.
You cook. We’ll bring the orders, in Grand Rapids.
We take care of marketing and sales, so you can take care of the kitchen and good food. 20 minutes on a call.
$0 a month · No setup fee · No contract · Nothing added to your guests' bill