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The 10 fastest-growing restaurants in America by salesThe 10 fastest-growing restaurants in America by sales

Leigh Anne Zinsmeister, Managing Editor

July 3, 2023

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Every year, Nation’s Restaurant News and Datassential partner to present the Top 500, the definitive sales ranking of restaurants in America.

In 2022, a mind-blowing 456 restaurant companies in the Top 500 experienced U.S. systemwide sales growth, a massive number — more than 90% — even taking into account menu price increases that were necessary due to inflation.

But while most restaurants grew sales, some obviously did so more than others. Here, we present the 10 fastest growing chains in terms of domestic systemwide sales — those restaurants with the highest growth rates year-over-year.

This list is made up of smaller, emerging brands — only one of these 10 ranks in the Top 100, at number 59. All but two are limited-service brands, and both full-service brands are from the seafood/steak segment. Half of these companies more than doubled in size last year, with the top chain nearly tripling — it grew by 199.1%.

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About the Author

Leigh Anne Zinsmeister

Managing Editor

Leigh Anne Zinsmeister is a managing editor for Informa’s Foodservices Vertical, specifically Nation’s Restaurant News, Restaurant Hospitality, and Foodservice Director.  Leigh Anne works on all of the brands’ special reports, including Nation’s Restaurant News’ annual Top 500 report and Restaurant Hospitality’s Best Cocktails and Best Sandwiches contests. She also manages the group’s digital engagement team, and was the managing editor for Supermarket News until December 2024.

Leigh Anne lives in New York City, but also claims Phoenix, Dallas and Cleveland as hometowns. Leigh Anne holds a bachelor’s degree in print journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, where she also studied European history. 

Email Leigh Anne at [email protected] 

Leigh Anne Zinsmeister’s experience: 

  • Group Managing Editor, Informa’s Foodservices Vertical (Aug. 2021-present)

  • Group Content Manager, Informa Restaurant and Food Group (Feb. 2020-Aug. 2021)

  • Digital Content Manager, Informa Restaurant and Food Group (April 2018-Feb. 2020)

  • Digital Content Producer, Informa Restaurant and Food Group (June 2016-April 2018)

  • Community Moderator, Mail Online (March 2014-June 2016)

  • Wire Editor, Gannett’s Phoenix Design studio (The Arizona Republic, The Reno Gazette-Journal, The Statesman Journal, The Great Falls Tribune, The Visalia Times-Delta, The Tulare Advance Register, The Salinas Californian, The St. George Spectrum, The Desert Sun, The Coloradoan) (Jan. 2012-March 2014)

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