The Global 30

A Closer Look: QSR has been reporting on the largest companies in the quick-service segment for nearly 15 years. But the QSR 50 only tells a portion of our industry’s story. Beyond our borders, there is a world of opportunity. Our readers recognize it, and this year’s Global 30 is QSR’s first foray into calculating just how large those opportunities are.

The Global 30 is meant to be a guide to international expansion for domestic companies looking to grow, as well as a directory of the world’s strongest brands for potential international franchisees looking to tap into a perfected system. Like our domestic list, the Global 30 ranks quick-serve and fast-casual companies by systemwide sales. For the international list, however, the sales are only from non-U.S. units, and the companies are all U.S.-based.

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Rank	Company	Non-U.S. Systemwide Sales (millions)	Average Sales per Unit (thousands)	Number of Non-U.S. Franchised Units	Number of Non-U.S. Company Units	Total Non-U.S. Units	Change in Non-U.S. Stores
23	Pizza Inn	$17.2	$	—	—	79	2
25	Popeye's Lousiana Kitchen*	$10.5	$26.6	397	0	397	61
20	Papa John's	$33.2	$43.9	734	21	755	86
32	Nathan's Famous*	$1.4	$62.2	23	0	23	3
24	TCBY Frozen Yogurt*	$15.8	$82.0	193	0	193	13
18	Cinnabon	$86.5	$265.8	361	0	361	14
26	Carvel Ice Cream*#	$10.3	$294.0	35	0	35	11
16	Cold Stone Creamery	$107.0	$321.0	333	0	333	139
21	Smoothie King	$30.0	$400.0	106	0	106	15
5	Subway*	$4,600.0	$455.0	10,109	0	10,109	1,067
10	Dairy Queen*#	$433.1	$540.0	802	0	802	154
22	Charley's Grilled Subs	$28.2	$541.8	51	0	51	15
6	Domino's Pizza	$2,900.0	$655.2	4,422	0	4,422	350
29	Five Guys Burgers and Fries	$4.6	$657.1	7	0	7	7
14	Church's Chicken & Texas Chicken	$298.0	$678.0	460	0	460	28
15	Sbarro	$190.1	$736.3	347	2	349	22
12	Krispy Kreme*	$325.2	$779.9	417	0	417	59
4	Pizza Hut*	$4,800.0	$814.9	4,570	1,320	5,890	175
31	Captain D's*#	$2.5	$819.0	—	—	3	—
17	Arby's*#	$105.6	$838.0	126	0	126	4
9	Dunkin'Donuts#	$584.0	$839.0	3,005	0	3,005	908
11	CKE Restaurants	$353.9	$1,027.4	359	0	359	21
19	Fatburger North America	$34.0	$1,030.3	33	1	34	18
7	Starbucks Coffee Company#?	$2,288.8	$1,060.0	0	5,727	5,727	220
13	Taco Bell*	$300.0	$1,145.0	260	2	262	11
2	KFC*	$14,700.0	$1,246.0	8,353	3,445	11,798	696
3	Burger King Corp.	$6,200.0	$1,300.0	4,527	471	4,998	170
8	Wendy's*#	$982.7	$1,418.0	557	136	693	29
30	Bojangles*#	$3.1	$1,573.3	—	—	2	—
28	Chipotle*#	$5.4	$1,800.0	—	—	3	—
27	Panera Bread*#	$6.6	$2,200.0	0	3	3	0
1	McDonald's*	$44,985.0	$2,404.3	13,861	4,849	18,710	212

QSR estimate
# Domestic QSR 50 AUV
? Starbucks unit counts include both company and licensed stores
Notes: Systemwide sales and AUVs are based on 2010 financial results. Change in unit counts represents the change from 2009 to 2010. Data was compiled from a variety of sources.

Methodology: The data for the Global 30 was gathered between September 23 and December 1, 2011. All companies listed in the traditional QSR 50 (August 2011 issue) were asked to participate by completing an online form found on QSRmagazine.com. Missing data was researched and compiled using the most recent financial statement of the company. Estimates are made based on financial report research and domestic QSR 50 figures.

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