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The 100 Largest Chain Brands
% Sales
2002 U.S. Change vs. 2002 U.S.
Rank Chain Sales ($000) 2001 Units
1 McDonald's $20,305,700 1.3% 13,491
2 Burger King 8,300,452 -3.4 8,029
3 Wendy's Old Fashioned
Hamburgers 6,825,000 * 10.9 5,549
4 Subway 5,200,000 15.6 14,522
5 Taco Bell 5,180,000 5.7 6,165
6 Pizza Hut 5,105,000 2.1 7,599
7 KFC 4,860,000 3.4 5,472
8 Applebee's Neighborhood
Grill & Bar 3,182,557 * 10.7 1,451
9 Starbucks 2,940,278 22.8 4,464
10 Dominos Pizza 2,915,000 3.5 4,811
11 Dunkin' Donuts 2,700,000 8.1 4,010
12 Arby's 2,695,422 5.1 3,250
13 Dairy Queen 2,482,000 * -0.7 4,882
14 Red Lobster 2,302,500 4.4 639
15 Outback Steakhouse 2,273,000 5.9 692
16 Jack in the Box 2,253,720 4.4 1,875
17 Sonic Drive-Ins 2,241,961 11.2 2,573
18 Chili's Grill & Bar 2,155,964 12.9 778
19 Denny's 2,130,000 -3.6 1,612
20 T.G.I. Fridays 2,050,000 * 2.5 522
21 The Olive Garden $1,921,900 9.4% 501
22 Papa John's 1,749,500 0.1 2,585
23 Hardee's 1,698,536 -10.8 2,073
24 International House
of Pancakes 1,452,000 * 9.4 1,091 *
25 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store 1,430,600 * 8.0 466
26 Chick-fil-A 1,372,801 10.5 1,074
27 Popeyes Chicken &
Biscuits 1,245,000 * 6.6 1,377 *
28 Ruby Tuesday 1,170,000 * 17.1 608 *
29 Golden Corral 1,156,535 12.3 470
30 Little Caesars 1,155,000 * -7.6 2,700
31 Carl's Jr. 1,037,574 -2.5 942
32 Old Country Buffet/
Hometown Buffet 999,465 -3.3 388
33 Bob Evans 897,441 5.7 509
34 Perkins Restaurants
& Bakery 819,039 2.7 499
35 Ryan's Family
Steak House 815,858 3.6 346
36 Panera Bread/Saint
Louis Bread Co. 755,410 42.7 478
37 Long John Silver's 751,017 -0.5 1,238
38 Waffle House 740,000 * 1.4 1,400 *
39 Church's Chicken 724,733 -0.7 1,248
40 Whataburger 693,000 12.9 586
41 Chuck E. Cheese's 682,200 5.7 433
42 Ponderosa/Bonanza 680,000 * 7.9 551 *
43 Boston Market 650,000 * 3.7 662
44 Bennigans 646,000 14.3 285
45 Friendly's 645,000 2.7 543
46 Krispy Kreme 621,665 38.7 218
47 Quiznos Classic Subs 615,000 * 68.5 1,800 *
48 The Cheesecake Factory 603,295 20.8 59
49 Big Boy 600,000 * 3.4 412 *
50 Romano's Macaroni
Grill 584,257 9.4 188
51 Hooters 575,000 * 4.5 293
52 Baskin-Robbins 546,000 7.5 2,579
53 Steak n Shake 545,000 * 2.5 409 *
54 Shoney's 540,000 * -12.9 350 *
55 O'Charley's 499,912 12.4 188
56 Captain D's 496,538 2.2 565
57 White Castle 489,454 3.8 372
58 Lone Star Steakhouse
and Saloon $481,000 * 3.6% 252
59 Red Robin International 464,635 12.5 168
60 Sbarro 443,535 -5.6 765
61 Fazoli's 419,749 3.7 402
62 Longhorn Steakhouse 416,900 13.8 170
63 Texas Roadhouse 410,000 * 15.5 140
64 P.F. Chang's China
Bistro 400,190 27.9 79
65 Panda Express 400,032 16.9 505
66 Pizzeria Uno Chicago
Bar & Grill 394,080 6.2 186
67 Schlotzsky's Deli 392,500 -5.5 654
68 Luby's 391,703 -13.9 194
69 Krystal Company 389,469 4.6 421
70 Del Taco 388,391 5.5 417
71 Round Table Franchise
Corp. 374,000 2.6 514
72 Piccadilly 368,915 -7.5 198
73 El Pollo Loco 363,828 7.3 306
74 Sizzler 352,989 0.9 248
75 Bojangles' Famous
Chicken 'N Biscuits 350,000 * 8.2 300 *
76 Joe's Crab Shack 350,000 * 7.5 120 *
7 Services
77 On the Border 345,354 6.3 134
78 California Pizza
Kitchen 343,427 20.7 141
79 Carrabba's Italian
Grill 343,000 24.3 123
80 CiCi's Pizza 334,200 2.7 417
81 Marie Callender's
Pie Shops 320,000 -2.4 155
82 Tony Roma's 314,000 -1.3 159
83 Village Inn 308,851 0.3 225
84 Godfather's Pizza 306,000 * -1.4 600 *
85 Western SizzliN 307,780 * -7.9 193
86 Einstein Bros. Bagels 303,487 1.0 376
87 Chevys Fresh MIx 300,000 * -3.8 131
88 Stuart Anderson's 294,897 -2.4 109
89 Ruth's Chris Steak
House 294,400 -0.4 86
90 Checkers Drive-In
Restaurants 290,000 * -3.3 397
91 Damon's Grill 285,431 0.2 137
92 In-N-Out Burger 285,000 * 9.6 171 *
93 Buffalo Wild Wings
Grill & Bar 282,200 28.3 199
94 Culver's Frozen Custard 280,335 30.1 197
95 Fuddruckers 278,300 6.1 202
96 Braum's Ice Cream &
Dairy Stores $275,000 * 1.9% 282 *
97 Blimpie Subs & Salads 266,000 -8.6 1,666
98 Logan's Roadhouse 255,124 10.3 105
99 El Torito 255,000 * 6.3 105
100 Houston's 255,000 * 2.0 39
% Unit
Rank Chain Change
1 McDonald's 3.0%
2 Burger King -2.7
3 Wendy's Old Fashioned
Hamburgers 4.4
4 Subway 9.6
5 Taco Bell -4.3
6 Pizza Hut -1.6
7 KFC 1.4
8 Applebee's Neighborhood
Grill & Bar 7.2
9 Starbucks 18.6
10 Dominos Pizza 0.0
11 Dunkin' Donuts 9.1
12 Arby's 1.6
13 Dairy Queen -1.5
14 Red Lobster 1.3
15 Outback Steakhouse 3.7
16 Jack in the Box 4.7
17 Sonic Drive-Ins 9.2
18 Chili's Grill & Bar 9.3
19 Denny's -3.9
20 T.G.I. Fridays 2.0
21 The Olive Garden 4.6%
22 Papa John's -0.2
23 Hardee's -7.8
24 International House
of Pancakes 8.4
25 Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store 4.7
26 Chick-fil-A 5.9
27 Popeyes Chicken &
Biscuits 3.8
28 Ruby Tuesday 15.8
29 Golden Corral 1.1
30 Little Caesars -11.9
31 Carl's Jr. 1.7
32 Old Country Buffet/
Hometown Buffet -3.5
33 Bob Evans 5.8
34 Perkins Restaurants
& Bakery 3.5
35 Ryan's Family
Steak House 3.0
36 Panera Bread/Saint
Louis Bread Co. 29.5
37 Long John Silver's 0.7
38 Waffle House 0.4
39 Church's Chicken 0.5
40 Whataburger 3.7
41 Chuck E. Cheese's 7.7
42 Ponderosa/Bonanza 14.8
43 Boston Market 0.8
44 Bennigans 1.8
45 Friendly's -2.0
46 Krispy Kreme 25.3
47 Quiznos Classic Subs 38.8
48 The Cheesecake Factory 18.0
49 Big Boy 1.7
50 Romano's Macaroni
Grill 13.3
51 Hooters 5.8
52 Baskin-Robbins 8.0
53 Steak n Shake 5.4
54 Shoney's -10.0
55 O'Charley's 14.6
56 Captain D's 0.5
57 White Castle 3.6
58 Lone Star Steakhouse
and Saloon -0.8%
59 Red Robin International 12.0
60 Sbarro -6.3
61 Fazoli's 2.6
62 Longhorn Steakhouse 10.4
63 Texas Roadhouse 16.7
64 P.F. Chang's China
Bistro 21.5
65 Panda Express 18.0
66 Pizzeria Uno Chicago
Bar & Grill 3.3
67 Schlotzsky's Deli 0.2
68 Luby's -4.0
69 Krystal Company 2.4
70 Del Taco 6.4
71 Round Table Franchise
Corp. 1.2
72 Piccadilly -7.9
73 El Pollo Loco 4.4
74 Sizzler 1.6
75 Bojangles' Famous
Chicken 'N Biscuits 3.8
76 Joe's Crab Shack 10.1
7 Services
77 On the Border 7.2
78 California Pizza
Kitchen 15.6
79 Carrabba's Italian
Grill 19.4
80 CiCi's Pizza 11.2
81 Marie Callender's
Pie Shops -1.3
82 Tony Roma's -1.9
83 Village Inn 0.0
84 Godfather's Pizza 6.2
85 Western SizzliN -16.8
86 Einstein Bros. Bagels -0.3
87 Chevys Fresh MIx -5.8
88 Stuart Anderson's 1.9
89 Ruth's Chris Steak
House 4.9
90 Checkers Drive-In
Restaurants -4.1
91 Damon's Grill 0.0
92 In-N-Out Burger 6.9
93 Buffalo Wild Wings
Grill & Bar 25.9
94 Culver's Frozen Custard 26.3
95 Fuddruckers -0.5
96 Braum's Ice Cream &
Dairy Stores 0.7%
97 Blimpie Subs & Salads -10.1
98 Logan's Roadhouse 12.9
99 El Torito 1.0
100 Houston's 2.6
* Technomic estimate
Source: Technomic Information Services
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