See the largest restaurant chains in America ranked by sales, units and moreSee the largest restaurant chains in America ranked by sales, units and more

The 2022 Top 500 report, presented by Nation’s Restaurant News in partnership with Datassential, offers an unparalleled look at the performance of the country’s largest restaurant chains.

In this table, you’ll find the Top 500 sorted by key performance metrics: average unit volume, average unit volume growth, total units, unit growth and sales growth. 

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

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Meet the 2022 Top 500: The biggest restaurant chains in America

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 average unit volumes based on available corporate documents, such as franchise disclosures and industry research, as well as algorithms proprietary to Datassential.