Restaurant Buyer Activity Quarterly Report – Q3 2009
September 1, 2009

In the Third Quarter of 2009 Restaurants For Sale Online registered buyers were up significantly with the most penetration coming in the Midwest, Northeast, and South regions compared to the same period in 2008. The South picked up the most penetration over the second quarter whereas International buyers had diminishing penetration. Below find a breakdown of how buyers registered on a regional basis during this period.
 

	Q3 2009	Q3 2008	Q2 2009
Midwest	11.2%	9.5%	10.4%
Northeast	15.2%	14.1%	14.6%
South	31.2%	30.7%	28.7%
West	24.7%	27.6%	24.4%
International	17.7%	18.1%	21.8%

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RFSO Defined Regions
West	PACIFIC: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington
	MOUNTAIN:  Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Midwest	EAST NORTH CENTRAL:  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin
	WEST NORTH CENTRAL: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
Northeast	MIDDLE ATLANTIC: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
	NEW ENGLAND: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.
South	EAST SOUTH CENTRAL: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee
	SOUTH ATLANTIC: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia
	WEST SOUTH CENTRAL: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas
International	ALL REGIONS OUTSIDE OF THE USA: Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and all other countries/regions,