Top 25 Food & Beverage Franchises

The largest food and beverage franchise systems in our database.

Methodology: Food & beverage brands ranked by total units from sourced disclosures.

#	Brand	Category	Investment	Units	Item 19
1	Subway	Food & Beverage	$239K–$537K	35622
2	KFC	Food & Beverage	$1.9M–$3.8M	32402	Yes
3	Domino's	Food & Beverage	$156K–$744K	21365	Yes
4	Pizza Hut	Food & Beverage	$412K–$2.1M	19974	Yes
5	Burger King	Food & Beverage	$2.1M–$4.7M	19732
6	McDonald's	Food & Beverage	$1.5M–$2.6M	13457	Yes
7	Dunkin'	Food & Beverage	$211K–$1.8M	8297	Yes
8	Taco Bell	Food & Beverage	$611K–$4M	7680
9	Wendy's	Food & Beverage	$393K–$3M	7347	Yes
10	Papa Johns	Food & Beverage	$273K–$853K	5989	Yes
11	Little Caesars	Food & Beverage	$377K–$1.8M	4285
12	Arby's	Food & Beverage	$645K–$2.5M	3570	Yes
13	Sonic Drive-In	Food & Beverage	$699K–$3.4M	3400	Yes
14	Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen	Food & Beverage	$1.2M–$3.9M	3076	Yes
15	Wingstop	Food & Beverage	$298K–$1M	2818	Yes
16	Chick-fil-A	Food & Beverage	$427K–$2.3M	2684	Yes
17	Jersey Mike's Subs	Food & Beverage	$204K–$1.3M	2675	Yes
18	Jimmy John's	Food & Beverage	$361K–$674K	2644	Yes
19	Jack in the Box	Food & Beverage	$1.9M–$4M	2178	Yes
20	Dairy Queen	Food & Beverage	$1.5M–$2.6M	1971	Yes
21	Tropical Smoothie Cafe	Food & Beverage	$341K–$815K	1596	Yes
22	Firehouse Subs	Food & Beverage	$380K–$1.4M	1248	Yes
23	Smoothie King	Food & Beverage	$346K–$1.3M	1201	Yes
24	Marco's Pizza	Food & Beverage	$285K–$804K	1200
25	Auntie Anne's	Food & Beverage	$156K–$638K	1194	Yes

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