U.S. Catering Market Overview: 2025-2030
Base Year: 2024
Historical Years: 2020-23
Forecast Years: 2025-2030
The U.S. Catering Market size was valued at around USD 55 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 71 billion by 2030. Along with this, the market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of around 5.2% during the forecast period, i.e., 2025-30.
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U.S. Catering Market Dynamics: 2025-2030
U.S. Catering Market Driver:
Growing In-Flight Catering Service Industry – More than 26,000 flights were operating inside the U.S. in 2023, with an average of 2.6 million passengers touring per day. Additionally, only about 790 million passengers were enplaned in 2022, which increased to around 870 million in 2023. The rapidly growing number of operating flights and passengers enplaned is continuously pushing airlines to improve catering services and enhance customer satisfaction. Ultimately, this assistance leads to the growth of the in-flight catering service market in the U.S. and eventually the U.S. Catering Market.
U.S. Catering Market (2025-30): Segmentation Outlook
The market report has segmented the market into the following categories:
By Type
-Outsourced
-Contractual – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Non-Contractual – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
By End User
-Corporate Offices
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Education
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
Healthcare
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Oil & Gas
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Defense & Law Enforcement
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Maritime Industry (Ship Chandler Catering)
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
Government
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Personal Events
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
Business Events
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Construction Industry
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
Aviation
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Sports & Leisure
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
Prisons
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Others (Retail, Manufacturing, Mining & EPC, etc.)
-Outsourced – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-In-House- Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
By Location
-Onshore Catering – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Offshore Catering – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
By Model
-Client Pay B2B – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Consumer pays/Retail/B2C – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
By Region
-North – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-East – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-South – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million
-Mid-West – Market Size & Forecast 2020-2030F, USD Million.
The U.S. Catering Market study by MarkNtel Advisors evaluates & highlights the major trends and influencing factors in each segment. It includes predictions for 2025-2030 at the national level. Based on the analysis, the market has been further classified as:
Based on Type:
- Outsourced
- Contractual
- Non-Contractual
- In-House
Based on the types of catering services, the outsourced type of catering service holds more than 90% market share. Furthermore, in outsourced catering, the largest market share, accounting for almost 85%, is taken up by contractual catering. This is attributed to the high preference for contract-based services over the non-contractual ones. They provide cost-effective long-term solutions to organizations such as aviation, educational institutions, hospitals, and office buildings. Additionally, these institutions, with large numbers of individuals, require food facilities every day. Thus, long-term contracts save costs and are easy and permanent solutions to meet food requirements.
Furthermore, in non-contractual catering, the market is driven by a large number of events related to celebrations, weddings, etc. Approximately 2 million weddings happen in a year in the U.S.A., which is the major source of non-contractual catering in the country. Cloud kitchens, food trucks, etc. are also facilitating this type of catering business.
Based on End User:
- Corporate Offices
- Education
- Healthcare
- Aviation
- Oil & Gas
- Defense & Law Enforcement
- Maritime Industry (Ship Chandler Catering)
- Government
- Personal Events
- Business Events
- Construction Industry
- Sports & Leisure
- Prisons
- Others (Retail, manufacturing, Mining & EPC, etc.)
Of all the major end users of the U.S. Catering Market, the largest share is held by the corporate offices, which hold approximately more than 30% market share. This is due to the rapid expansion of multinational companies with 44.3 million workers in 2022 as per the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and service sector with employee statistics accounting for 24.8 million as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. The country’s strategic location and presence of advanced technologies & highly developed infrastructure are the reasons for the large number of corporate offices in the country.
Furthermore, the catering service for healthcare end-users is the fastest-growing end-user industry. It is estimated that the price per plate of the healthcare industry is comparatively 25% higher than other end-user industries, owing to fulfilling the nutritious requirements of the healthcare and medical sectors. Along with this, plant-based meals are also preferred in healthcare, further creating new trends in the healthcare industry of the U.S. Catering Market.
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Top Companies Operating in the U.S. Catering Market:
Amber Green Corporation, Compass Group USA Inc., Newrest Group, SATS Catering Pte Ltd., GateGroup, The Happy Catering Co., Aramark Co., Fooda Inc., Restaurant Associates, The Catering Company, Occasions Caterers, Savoie Catering, Sodexo, and others.
Industry Recent Development:
- October 2024: Aramark sports plus entertainment in 2024-25 arena season to bring fan-favorite flavors to 7 NBA and NHL venues.
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