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D DFW Indian Restaurants From Texas permit records

All 11 counties of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area

South Asian restaurants in DFW, from public records

Every restaurant here holds a Texas sales tax permit. We list Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, Bangladeshi, Indo-Chinese, Afghan and Sri Lankan restaurants, and each one links back to its permit record and the evidence for including it. How it's built.

Open listed restaurants

456

89 more open businesses are awaiting review and could be added.

Plus 40 registered at home addresses, not counted.

Closed since 2022

149

Not counting a change of owner.

In review, not counted

151

89 still open, 62 closed (closed ones are reviewed for the history charts).

Businesses checked

43,202

Every food-service permit in the 11 counties.

Where they are

  • Indian
  • Pakistani
  • Other (Nepali, Bangladeshi, Indo-Chinese, Afghan, Sri Lankan; the map groups them)

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439 of 456 open restaurants mapped (addresses geocoded by the US Census Bureau, or by OpenStreetMap when the Census can't place them). Prefer a list? See all restaurants.

17 open restaurants aren't on the map (neither the Census nor OpenStreetMap could place their address)

Hotspots

The densest pockets of open listed restaurants: groups of at least 4 within 1.5 km of one another. Each is named after the most common street among its restaurants' permit addresses (with the ZIP code when two pockets share a street).

  1. 1. Preston Rd, Plano 18 listed restaurants · 16 Indian, 1 Indo-Chinese, 1 Pakistani · show names
  2. 2. N Macarthur Blvd, Irving 11 listed restaurants · 10 Indian, 1 Nepali · show names
  3. 3. W Hickory St, Denton 11 listed restaurants · all Indian · show names
  4. 4. S Greenville Ave, Richardson 10 listed restaurants · 8 Indian, 1 Bangladeshi, 1 Afghan · show names
  5. 5. N Belt Line Rd, Irving 9 listed restaurants · 7 Nepali, 2 Indian · show names
  6. 6. Regent Blvd, Irving 9 listed restaurants · 8 Indian, 1 Nepali · show names
  7. 7. Fm 423, Frisco 8 listed restaurants · all Indian · show names
  8. 8. Ross Ave, Dallas 8 listed restaurants · all Indian · show names

Open listed restaurants by cuisine

The same 456 as 100 squares

Each square ≈ 4.6 restaurants (not 100 restaurants). Small cuisines keep at least one square.

  • Indian 370
  • Pakistani 14
  • Nepali 57
  • Indo-Chinese 3
  • Afghan 8
  • Sri Lankan 2
  • Bangladeshi 2
Show as a table
CuisineOpenSquares
Indian37081
Pakistani143
Nepali5712
Indo-Chinese31
Afghan81
Sri Lankan21
Bangladeshi21

Top cities, open listed restaurants

Show cuisine, city and county numbers as a table
CuisineOpen
Indian370
Nepali57
Pakistani14
Afghan8
Indo-Chinese3
Bangladeshi2
Sri Lankan2
CityOpen
Irving60
Frisco58
Plano52
Dallas45
Mckinney26
Richardson21
Fort Worth20
Arlington18
Denton17
Carrollton14
Euless12
Allen9
Little Elm8
Garland7
Bedford6
CountyOpen
Collin150
Dallas141
Denton83
Tarrant77
Rockwall2
Wise1
Hunt1
Parker1

Cuisine mix in the top 10 cities

Share of each city's open listed restaurants by cuisine. The number at the end is the city's total.

  • Indian
  • Pakistani
  • Nepali
  • Indo-Chinese
  • Afghan
  • Sri Lankan
  • Bangladeshi
Show as a table
CityIndianPakistaniNepaliIndo-ChineseAfghanSri LankanBangladeshiTotal
Irving45015000060
Frisco5314000058
Plano4251130052
Dallas3443130045
Mckinney2600000026
Richardson1720010121
Fort Worth1306010020
Arlington1404000018
Denton1502000017
Carrollton1220000014

Closure rate by city

Share of a city's restaurants that closed in a year, averaged over 2023–2025: closures in each year ÷ restaurants open at the start of it. Across DFW it's 9.6% a year. A change of owner isn't counted as a closure. Cities averaging fewer than 5 open restaurants are left out (48 cities).

Show as a table
CityClosuresRestaurant-yearsPer year
Denton52025.0%
Fort Worth43411.8%
Irving1514210.6%
Dallas9929.8%
Frisco9929.8%
Arlington3407.5%
Plano91227.4%
Richardson3476.4%
Carrollton2345.9%
Mckinney1244.2%
Euless1273.7%

Per 100,000 residents

Open listed restaurants per 100,000 people, for cities with at least 5 open. Population: US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city population estimates (July 1, 2025). Permit cities are mailing cities, which can stretch past city limits, so small cities can read high.

Show as a table
CityOpenPopulationPer 100k
Aubrey59,06655.2
Frisco58236,95524.5
Irving60257,07623.3
Euless1260,00820.0
Plano52293,02817.7
Richardson21118,54217.7
Little Elm862,72712.8
Bedford647,95812.5
Mckinney26236,00111.0
Prosper545,60511.0
Carrollton14134,56210.4
Denton17169,43110.0
Allen9113,4477.9
Arlington18402,1344.5
Lewisville6139,0064.3
Dallas451,329,4913.4
Garland7249,6252.8
Fort Worth201,028,1171.9

Data refreshed 2026-10-21 from the Texas Comptroller's permit records.