January 9, 2009
| QSR 50 Rank |
Chain | 2004 Systemwide Sales ($Mil) |
2005 Systemwide Sales ($Mil) |
Change System Sales |
|
| 1 | 43 | Cold Stone Creamery | $283.0 | $408.0 | 44.2% |
| 2 | 30 | Chipotle | $470.7 | $627.7 | 33.4% |
| 3 | 29 | Buffalo Wild Wings | $511.4 | $656.5 | 28.4% |
| 4 | 18 | Panera Bread | $1,250.0 | $1,600.0 | 28.0% |
| 5 | 25 | Panda Express | $592.0 | $735.7 | 24.3% |
| 6 | 20 | Quiznos | $1,121.5 | $1,380.0 | 23.0% |
| 7 | 7 | Starbucks (1) | $4,500.0 | $5,300.0 | 17.8% |
| 8 | 48 | Jason's Deli | $280.0 | $329.2 | 17.6% |
| 9 | 41 | Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake Pizza | $385.9 | $441.5 | 14.4% |
| 10 | 4 | Subway | $6,270.0 | $7,170.0 | 14.4% |
| 11 | 9 | Dunkin' Donuts | $3,384.0 | $3,853.6 | 13.9% |
| 12 | 37 | Culver's | $423.0 | $480.9 | 13.7% |
| 13 | 15 | Chick-fil-A | $1,746.4 | $1,975.3 | 13.1% |
| 14 | 36 | CiCi's Pizza | $434.5 | $490.3 | 12.8% |
| 15 | 12 | Sonic Drive-In | $2,669.0 | $3,000.1 | 12.4% |
| 26 | 49 | Blimpie Subs | $292.6 | $327.4 | 11.9% |
| 27 | 38 | El Pollo Loco | $428.3 | $478.1 | 11.6% |
| 28 | 26 | Little Caesars Pizza | $700.0 | $780.0 | 11.4% |
| 19 | 22 | Whataburger | $794.0 | $884.7 | 11.4% |
| 20 | 34 | Del Taco | $472.0 | $523.0 | 10.8% |
| 21 | 44 | In-N-Out Burger | $330.0 | $365.0 | 10.6% |
| 22 | 11 | Arby's | $2,836.0 | $3,086.8 | 8.8% |
| 23 | 40 | Bojangles' | $424.0 | $460.0 | 8.5% |
| 24 | 50 | Hot Stuff Pizza | $300.1 | $315.0 | -25.7% |
| 25 | 5 | Taco Bell | $5,700.0 | $6,129.0 | 7.5% |
| 26 | 28 | Steak n Shake | $636.0 | $675.0 | 6.1% |
| 27 | 16 | Papa John's Pizza | $1,714.9 | $1,817.4 | 6.0% |
| 28 | 32 | White Castle | $573.2 | $606.0 | 5.7% |
| 29 | 1 | McDonald's | $24,391.0 | $25,643.0 | 5.1% |
| 30 | 8 | KFC | $5,000.0 | $5,237.0 | 4.7% |
| 31 | 10 | Domino's Pizza | $3,173.2 | $3,316.2 | 4.5% |
| 32 | 45 | Einstein/Noah's Bagels | $347.8 | $363.0 | 4.4% |
| 33 | 31 | Checkers Drive-In/Rally's | $599.0 | $624.7 | 4.3% |
| 34 | 14 | Dairy Queen | $2,400.0 | $2,500.0 | 4.2% |
| 35 | 42 | Krystal | $406.8 | $422.6 | 3.9% |
| 36 | 33 | Baskin-Robbins | $535.0 | $554.5 | 3.6% |
| 37 | 13 | Jack in the Box | $2,541.6 | $2,630.0 | 3.5% |
| 38 | 19 | Popeyes | $1,370.0 | $1,416.0 | 3.4% |
| 39 | 2 | Burger King | $7,700.0 | $7,900.0 | 2.6% |
| 40 | 6 | Pizza Hut | $5,200.0 | $5,325.0 | 2.4% |
| 41 | 21 | Carl's Jr.2 | $1,250.0 | $1,275.0 | 2.0% |
| 42 | 24 | Church's Chicken | $756.8 | $771.0 | 1.9% |
| 43 | 39 | Sbarro | $456.0 | $463.0 | 1.5% |
| 44 | 27 | Boston Market | $700.0 | $708.7 | 1.2% |
| 45 | 3 | Wendy's | $7,712.0 | $7,715.0 | 0.0% |
| 46 | 47 | Baja Fresh Mexican Grill | $345.0 | $340.0 | -1.4% |
| 47 | 35 | Captain D's Seafood | $524.7 | $516.9 | -1.5% |
| 48 | 23 | Long John Silver's | $800.0 | $784.0 | -2.0% |
| 49 | 17 | Hardee's | $1,800.0 | $1,760.0 | -2.2% |
| 50 | 46 | Fazoli's | $370.1 | $348.3 | -5.9% |