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August 2011
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| QSR 50 Profiles [10] | Segments | |
| The Charts | Burger [11] | Pizza/Pasta [12] |
| Top 50 [13] | Sandwich [14] | Chicken [15] |
| Top 50 by Units [16] | Snack [17] | Asian & Seafood [18] |
| Video Report [19] | Mexican [20] |
Download Last Year’s QSR 50 in PDF Format [21]
The much-anticipated annual QSR 50 ranking is here, and at the top of this year’s list is hamburger heavy weight McDonald’s with more than $32 billion in systemwide sales in the U.S. during fiscal 2010.
For in-depth analysis on all 50 brands on this year’s list, click the Profiles link in the yellow box above.
The main chart below allows you to customize the QSR 50 to your data-mining needs. Click the top of each column to sort. Then explore the industry by segments using the yellow navigation box above.
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| QSR 50 Rank [16] | Company [22] | Segment [23] | Number of Franchised Units in 2010 | Number of Company Units in 2010 [24] | Total Units in 2010 [25] | Total Change in Units from 2009 [26] |
| 2 | Subway* | sandwich | 23,850 | 0 | 23,850 | 816 |
| 1 | McDonald’s | burger | 12,477 | 1,550 | 14,027 | 47 |
| 8 | Pizza Hut | pizza/pasta | 7,083 | 459 | 7,542 | -24 |
| 7 | Dunkin' Donuts* | snack | 6,746 | 26 | 6,772 | 206 |
| 3 | Burger King*2 | burger | 6,380 | 873 | 7,253 | 3 |
| 4 | Wendy’s* | burger | 5,182 | 1,394 | 6,576 | 35 |
| 12 | Domino’s Pizza* | pizza/pasta | 4,479 | 450 | 4,929 | 2 |
| 16 | Dairy Queen* | burger | 4,452 | 62 | 4,514 | -25 |
| 5 | Starbucks* | snack | 4,424 | 6,707 | 11,131 | 0 |
| 6 | Taco Bell | mexican | 4,389 | 1,245 | 5,634 | 30 |
| 9 | KFC | chicken | 4,275 | 780 | 5,055 | -107 |
| 10 | Sonic | burger | 3,117 | 455 | 3,572 | 28 |
| 21 | Quiznos* | sandwich | 3,100 | 3 | 3,103 | -600 |
| 37 | Baskin Robbins* | snack | 2,600 | 0 | 2,600 | 55 |
| 14 | Arby’s | sandwich | 2,505 | 1,144 | 3,649 | -69 |
| 17 | Papa John’s | pizza/pasta | 2,280 | 591 | 2871 | 90 |
| 24 | Little Caesars* | pizza/pasta | 2,250 | 550 | 2,800 | 152 |
| 20 | Popeyes* | chicken | 1,542 | 38 | 1,580 | 34 |
| 11 | Chick-fil-A | chicken | 1,461 | 76 | 1,537 | 57 |
| 15 | Jack in the Box | burger | 1,250 | 956 | 2,206 | -6 |
| 19 | Hardee’s* | burger | 1,226 | 466 | 1,692 | -64 |
| 35 | Papa Murphy’s | pizza/pasta | 1,222 | 33 | 1,255 | 84 |
| 29 | Jimmy John’s* | sandwich | 1,107 | 24 | 1,131 | 162 |
| 49 | Cold Stone Creamery | snack | 1,100 | 22 | 1,122 | 76 |
| 26 | Church’s Chicken | chicken | 980 | 270 | 1,250 | 24 |
| 32 | Long John Silver’s* | seafood | 964 | 0 | 964 | -25 |
| 13 | Panera Bread | sandwich | 791 | 662 | 1,453 | 73 |
| 23 | Carl’s Jr.* | burger | 674 | 423 | 1,097 | 11 |
| 30 | Five Guys Burgers & Fries | burger | 634 | 102 | 736 | 195 |
| 46 | Tim Hortons1 | snack | 598 | 4 | 602 | 39 |
| 39 | CiCi’s Pizza* | pizza/pasta | 581 | 13 | 594 | -31 |
| 34 | Checkers/Rally’s | burger | 505 | 299 | 804 | -16 |
| 28 | Zaxby’s | chicken | 425 | 89 | 514 | 22 |
| 33 | Culver’s | burger | 415 | 9 | 424 | 11 |
| 44 | Qdoba | mexican | 337 | 188 | 525 | 15 |
| 43 | Sbarro* | pizza/pasta | 302 | 476 | 778 | -7 |
| 31 | Bojangles’ | chicken | 298 | 186 | 484 | 27 |
| 47 | Captain D’s | seafood | 251 | 280 | 531 | -4 |
| 38 | El Pollo Loco | chicken | 241 | 171 | 412 | -3 |
| 36 | Del Taco | mexican | 234 | 288 | 522 | 6 |
| 48 | Einstein Bros. Bagels* | sandwich | 229 | 354 | 583 | 51 |
| 25 | Whataburger | burger | 172 | 545 | 717 | 15 |
| 50 | Krystal* | burger | 145 | 219 | 364 | -20 |
| 42 | Jason’s Deli | sandwich | 101 | 125 | 226 | 11 |
| 27 | Steak N Shake* | burger | 75 | 412 | 487 | 2 |
| 22 | Panda Express | asian | 28 | 1,308 | 1,336 | 62 |
| 18 | Chipotle | mexican | 0 | 1,084 | 1,084 | 129 |
| 40 | White Castle* | burger | 0 | 416 | 416 | -2 |
| 41 | Boston Market* | chicken | 0 | 491 | 491 | -29 |
| 45 | In-N-Out Burger* | burger | 0 | 252 | 252 | 13 |
*Includes figures estimated by Technomic, Inc.
1. Systemwide sales from franchised units only
2. Total change in units calculated from data reported in 2010 QSR 50
