List of the top restaurant companies in the world, listed by their prominence with corporate logos when available. This list of major restaurant companies includes the largest and most profitable restaurant businesses, corporations, agencies, vendors and firms in the world. If you are wondering what the biggest restaurant companies are, then this list has you covered. This list includes the most famous restaurant companies in the industry, so if you're thinking of working in the restaurant industry you might want to look to these company names for jobs. This list includes names of both small and big restaurant businesses.
Companies on this list include McDonald's and Cheers.
This list answers the questions, "What are the biggest restaurant companies in the world?" and "What are the most successful restaurant companies?"
A&W Restaurants, Inc., is a chain of fast-food restaurants distinguished by its draft root beer and root beer floats. A&W started opening franchises in California, in 1923. The company ...more
Abbott's Frozen Custard is a frozen custard franchise founded and based in Rochester, New York. The franchise has stores throughout New York state, and has expanded to other states including ...more
Al Baik is a chain of fast food restaurants in Saudi Arabia that primarily sells broasted chicken and shrimp with a variety of sauce. The chain has 40 branches in Jeddah, eight in Mecca, three ...more
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Al Tazaj
Restaurant
Al Tazaj is a BBQ chicken Arabic fast casual restaurant chain headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, but has since expanded to many countries in the Middle East.
Since its inception in Kuwait back in 1964, Americana Group has grown into a large corporations in the Middle East and North Africa region. Publicly traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, ...more
Andy's Frozen Custard is a chain of United States frozen custard stores with locations in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Illinois. Company headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri, ...more
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Anna Miller's
Restaurant
Anna Miller's is a chain of restaurants in Hawaii and Japan. The first branch opened in 1973 in Hawaii; most of its expansion since has been in Japan. The chain is known for its breakfast ...more
Applebee’s International, Inc., is an American company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. As of December 2011, there were 2,019 ...more
Aquaplus, formally U-Office and Aqua, is a Japanese company which main specializes in the publishing and distribution of visual novels under their brand Leaf which produces adult games, and ...more
Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. is the second largest quick-service sandwich chain in the U.S. with more than 3,400 restaurants system wide. Roark Capital Group acquired the company in July 2011 ...more
Arctic Circle Restaurants is a chain of burger and shake restaurants based in Midvale, Utah, United States. There were 71 restaurants as of April 2012, with about a third owned by the main ...more
Argo Tea is a chain of tea cafes that was founded in the Lincoln Park community area in Chicago, Illinois, in June 2003. It is now headquartered in Chicago's Loop community area. It had more ...more
Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips is a fast food seafood restaurant chain. At the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s, it had about 800 stores. As of 2015, following the closure of the sole ...more
Atlanta Bread Company is a bakery cafe chain that was established in 1993 in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs. In 1995, it began franchising and expanding across the country. As of late 2008, ...more
Au Bon Pain is a fast-casual bakery and café chain headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1978, Louis Kane founded the first Au Bon Pain in Boston. Since its inception, the chain has ...more
Auntie Anne's, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is an American chain of pretzel bakeries founded by Anne F. Beiler and her husband, Jonas, in 1988. Auntie Anne's serves products such as ...more
Aurelio's Pizza is an Illinois restaurant chain which centers its business around the thin crust variety of Chicago-style pizza. Aurelio's Pizza has three corporate owned stores and 37 ...more
Back Yard Burgers, Inc. is a regional franchise chain of quick serve restaurants. Its headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. As of November 2014, there were 65 locations in the ...more
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Bacolod Chicken Inasal
Restaurant
Bacolod Chicken Inasal is a Philippine restaurant chain. It is among the best known in the country for serving inasal, a kind of roast chicken served on skewers that originated in the Visayas. ...more
Bahama Breeze is an American restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants. They specialize in Caribbean-inspired seafood, chicken, steaks, and tropical drinks.
Bahama Buck's is a privately held franchise specializing in shaved ice and other frozen non-alcoholic beverages. The company is headquartered in Lubbock, Texas.
