The area of new gastro spaces in Moscow and the Moscow region has quadrupled

The area of new gastro spaces in Moscow and the Moscow region has quadrupled. The analysts of the CORE company told Izvestia about this.XP, which studied the market for the first half of 2025.

In particular, according to analysts, six new gastronomic spaces with a total area of 15 thousand square meters have been opened in the region during this time. This is four times more than in the same period of 2024, when the same number of projects were launched, but their area was only 4 thousand square meters. m.

In total, there are 76 gastrospaces in Moscow and the Moscow region with a total area of more than 200 thousand square meters. m. It is noteworthy that 37 of them were opened after 2022, which indicates a significant increase in the popularity of this format in recent years.

"Modern gastronomy offers consumers a wide variety of concepts — on average, the project includes 24 locations with different cuisines and service formats. It is noteworthy that the market maintains a balance between network operators implementing several projects (43%) and individual players with a single project in their portfolio (57%). At the same time, a fairly high share of network players may indicate the success of the format and the potential for its scaling," the head of the CORE market research department explained to Izvestia.XP Vasily Grigoriev.

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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, congratulating restaurateurs and catering workers on their professional holiday, said on June 7 that the capital was among the gastronomic capitals of the world for the second year in a row. At the same time, he stressed, "Muscovites cannot imagine their lives without food prepared by professionals, whether it's a cup of coffee at home before work or a hearty dinner in a restaurant."