Top 100 Chains: U.S. Total Units

Nov 17, 2012

The following rankings are based on U.S. systemwide unit counts, including company-owned restaurants and franchised locations, for the latest full fiscal years ended closest to Dec. 2011.

Notes:

The year 2011 reflects data for chain or company fiscal years ended closest to Dec. 2011.
The year 2010 reflects data for chain or company fiscal years ended closest to Dec. 2010.
The year 2009 reflects data for chain or company fiscal years ended closest to Dec. 2010.

Data is either reported by a chain or parent company, or estimated by NRN.

Rank	Chain	2011	2010	2009
1	Subway	24,722	23,850	23,034
2	McDonald's	14,098	14,027	13,980
3	Starbucks Coffee	10,693	10,580	10,566
4	Pizza Hut	7,600	7,542	7,566
5	Burger King	7,212	7,253	7,249
6	Dunkin' Donuts	7,015	6,772	6,566
7	7-Eleven	6,497	6,137	5,929
8	Wendy's	5,876	5,883	5,877
9	Taco Bell	5,670	5,634	5,604
10	Domino's Pizza	4,907	4,929	4,927
11	KFC	4,780	5,055	5,162
12	Dairy Queen	4,488	4,514	4,540
13	Circle K	3,824	3,802	3,846
14	Sonic Drive-In	3,561	3,572	3,544
15	Little Caesars Pizza	3,455	3,229	2,848
16	Arby's	3,437	3,523	3,596
17	Papa John's Pizza	3,001	2,891	2,800
18	Baskin-Robbins	2,457	2,547	2,597
19	Holiday Inn	2,350	2,325	2,375
20	Quiznos Sub	2,326	2,805	3,652
21	Jack in the Box	2,221	2,206	2,212
22	Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar	1,871	1,862	1,868
23	Target Cafe (Target Stores)	1,719	1,706	1,696
24	Casey's General Stores	1,699	1,637	1,531
25	Hardee's	1,695	1,692	1,703
26	Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	1,627	1,580	1,576
27	Waffle House	1,603	1,601	1,594
28	Denny's	1,593	1,571	1,474
29	Chick-fil-A	1,592	1,523	1,466
30	IHOP	1,514	1,476	1,433
31	Panera Bread	1,423	1,324	1,251
32	Panda Express	1,421	1,327	1,289
33	Jimmy John's	1,329	1,130	969
34	Chili's Grill & Bar	1,283	1,299	1,293
34	Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake Pizza	1,283	1,241	1,171
36	Chipotle Mexican Grill/Chipotle	1,225	1,081	955
37	Church's Chicken	1,217	1,251	1,254
38	Carl's Jr.	1,116	1,097	1,088
39	Long John Silver's	935	964	989
40	Five Guys Burgers and Fries	918	736	548
41	Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar	813	732	652
42	Olive Garden	784	748	717
43	Outback Steakhouse	775	778	788
44	Ruby Tuesday	761	797	825
45	Jamba Juice	750	737	738
46	Whataburger	728	717	702
47	Tim Hortons	714	602	563
48	Red Lobster	675	670	666
49	Einstein Bros. Bagels	626	587	532
50	Sbarro, The Italian Eatery	611	681	713
51	Cracker Barrel Old Country Store	603	593	588
52	Qdoba Mexican Grill	583	525	510
53	Wawa	574	572	570
54	CiCi's Pizza	573	594	625
55	Bob Evans Restaurants	565	563	569
56	T.G.I. Friday's	555	568	592
57	Zaxby's	540	514	494
58	Del Taco	532	522	518
59	Chuck E. Cheese's	529	529	523
60	Captain D's Seafood	519	531	549
61	Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits	506	484	459
62	Steak n Shake	489	483	485
63	Checkers	485	498	501
64	Golden Corral	482	485	479
65	Boston Market	481	497	517
66	Red Robin Gourmet Burgers & Spirits	445	431	420
67	Culver's	444	424	413
68	Costco	425	412	402
69	White Castle	416	415	418
70	Perkins Restaurant and Bakery	412	463	460
71	Friendly's Ice Cream	411	499	506
72	Sheetz	406	381	363
73	El Pollo Loco	394	412	415
74	LongHorn Steakhouse	385	354	331
75	Hooters	369	386	383
76	Texas Roadhouse	362	342	330
77	Krystal	359	366	385
78	Marriott Hotels & Resorts	322	326	326
79	In-N-Out Burger	266	251	239
80	Hilton Hotels	254	256	241
81	Big Boy Restaurant & Bakery/Frisch's Big Boy	249	259	254
82	Jason's Deli	235	221	215
83	Krispy Kreme Doughnuts	234	229	224
84	Carrabba's Italian Grill	232	233	233
85	Logan's Roadhouse	227	212	203
85	O'Charley's	227	230	245
87	California Pizza Kitchen	223	225	221
88	P.F. Chang's China Bistro	206	203	199
89	Romano's Macaroni Grill	198	197	210
90	Sheraton Hotels	190	186	210
91	Famous Dave's	187	182	177
92	Bonefish Grill	158	152	152
93	The Cheesecake Factory	156	149	146
94	On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina	146	150	151
95	Hyatt Hotels	131	126	117
96	Ruth's Chris Steak House	116	116	115
97	BJ's Restaurant & Brewery	115	102	92
98	Cheddar's	106	90	80
99	Westin Hotels & Resorts	100	99	93
100	Disney theme parks, hotels & resorts	27	26	26

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