2023 Top 500: See the largest restaurant chains in America ranked by sales, units and more2023 Top 500: See the largest restaurant chains in America ranked by sales, units and more

The 2023 Top 500 report, presented by Nation’s Restaurant News in partnership with Datassential, is the premier destination for restaurant leaders interested in benchmarking their success against that of their peers.

The sales and unit data in this report provide a powerful tool for industry decision makers to turn to gain and again as they position their brands for success.

This year’s Top 500 report, which covers 2022 results, offers a look at the restaurant industry’s continued efforts to stabilize after a tumultuous 2020 and 2021. While operations last year were finally back to business as usual, restaurants still faced a litany of challenges, from inflation and labor to supply chain, which indelibly affected the results you’ll see in this table.

In this handy data table, you’ll find key metrics for the Top 500 restaurant chains by annual U.S. sales.

How to use this table

Click on a column header once to sort ascending; click a second time to sort descending; click a third time to return to the default ranking by sales. Use the search function to find a specific brand or brands within a specific segment.*

*Segments in this table are as follows: FSR American; FSR Italian / Pizza; FSR Midscale; FSR Regional / Global; FSR Seafood / Steak; FSR Sports Bar; LSR Bakery-Cafe; LSR Burger; LSR Chicken; LSR Coffee / Bakery; LSR Dessert / Snack; LSR Mexican; LSR Other; LSR Pizza; LSR Salad / Healthful; LSR Sandwich / Deli

Methodology

The Top 500 report is presented by Nation’s Restaurant News in partnership with Datassential and its Firefly 500 data. Restaurant sales estimates and location data come from Firefly, Datassential’s analytics platform with nearly 1.5 million profiles of foodservice operators across North America. Chain operators were invited to share unit counts and sales performance figures, which Datassential included in its report. For companies that did not disclose data or for those not required to share revenue figures publicly, Firefly estimates systemwide sales and sales per unit based on available corporate documents, such as franchise disclosures and industry research, as well as algorithms proprietary to Datassential. 

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Meet the 2023 Top 500: The biggest restaurant chains in America

The Top 500 report is presented by Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential, using insights from Datassential’s proprietary Sales Intelligence platform. Datassential is the ultimate strategic sales tool in foodservice — the nation’s largest and most robust operator data, combined with key data points like menus, LTOs, and much more.  Learn more about Datassential’s offerings in both insights and sales intelligence at Datassential.com/sales-intelligence.