B
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2
2 -- rating gap stars for Independent vs franchisee restaurants (Yelp) (2026)
There is a 1.7-star rating gap between independent and franchisee restaurants on Yelp across the Abbeville, LA and Ada, OK markets.
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Value
2
Unit
Score
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Restaurantdata.com
Primary
Tier A
https://restaurantdata.com/markets-abbeville-la-ada-ok/ ↗
Source Article
Restaurants: Abbeville LA and Ada OK | Restaurantdata.com
Abbeville, LA & Ada, OK Restaurant Market Intelligence
Abbeville, LA & Ada, OK Restaurant Market Intelligence
Verified data on 385 restaurant locations across two markets, covering independent operators, chain locations, service categories, cuisine mix, multi-platform ratings, and operator performan…
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Restaurantdata.com
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Methodology
Multi-platform ratings across Google, Yelp, and TripAdvisor; largest spread of any platform or category in dataset
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryFood & Beverage
Company SizeSMB
RegionUS
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Independent vs franchisee restaurants (Yelp): 2 rating gap stars. Source: Restaurantdata.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/yelp-rating-gap-independents-franchisees-1-7-stars
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