
In the wake of COVID-19 cases increasing and local restrictions continuing to change in many states we’re seeing both permanent and temporary closures rise across the nation, with 60% of those closed businesses not reopening (97,966 permanently closed). businesses on Yelp have closed since the beginning of the pandemic (observed as March 1), a 23% increase since July 10. The last Yelp Economic Average showed a decreasing number of overall closures, 132,580 in total. But despite bright spots in some sectors, restaurants and retail continue to struggle and total closures nationwide have started to increase.
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Yelp closure data shows that businesses providing home, local and professional services have been able to withstand the effects of the pandemic particularly well. Even in the wake of increased closures we’re seeing businesses effectively transition to new operating models while keeping their employees and consumers safe.

Yet, businesses are adapting and proving their resilience through lockdowns, reopenings, a summer surge in virus cases, new ways of doing business such as outdoor dining, new mask wearing rules and backlash from anti-mask patrons, as well as milestones such as the return to school. in early March, businesses across the nation have endured six months of uncertainty. Since the first fears of the pandemic emerged in the U.S.

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