The QSR 50 by Change in Unit Growth
  QSR 50
Rank
Chain 2004
Total Units
2005
Total Units
Change
Total Units
1 43 Cold Stone Creamery 897 1,222 36.2%
2 20 Quiznos 3,079 3,900 26.7%
3 29 Buffalo Wild Wings 306 370 20.9%
4 30 Chipotle 409 489 19.6%
5 7 Starbucks 6,132 7,302 19.1%
6 18 Panera Bread 741 877 18.4%
7 25 Panda Express 684 800 17.0%
8 37 Culver's 272 312 14.7%
9 36 CiCi's Pizza 517 579 12.0%
10 26 Little Caesars Pizza 1,455 1,615 11.0%
11 41 Papa Murphy's Take 'N Bake Pizza 841 924 9.9%
12 4 Subway 17,910 19,620 9.5%
13 48 Jason's Deli 131 143 9.2%
14 9 Dunkin' Donuts 4,418 4,815 9.0%
15 49 Blimpie Subs 1,540 1,637 6.3%
16 34 Del Taco 433 460 6.2%
27 44 In-N-Out Burger 189 200 5.8%
18 12 Sonic Drive-In 2,879 3,039 5.6%
19 28 Steak n Shake 425 448 5.4%
20 11 Arby's 3,335 3,506 5.1%
21 40 Bojangles' 337 352 4.5%
22 22 Whataburger 631 656 4.0%
23 15 Chick-fil-A 1,191 1,237 3.9%
24 38 El Pollo Loco 322 333 3.4%
25 39 Sbarro 762 785 3.0%
26 21 Carl's Jr. 957 980 2.4%
27 13 Jack in the Box 2,006 2,049 2.1%
28 31 Checkers Drive-In/Rally's 788 804 2.0%
29 35 Captain D's Seafood 577 587 1.7%
30 10 Domino's Pizza 5,008 5,092 1.7%
31 47 Baja Fresh Mexican Grill 295 299 1.4%
32 16 Papa John's Pizza 2,565 2,599 1.3%
33 19 Popeyes 1,472 1,483 0.7%
34 33 Baskin-Robbins 2,765 2,780 0.5%
35 1 McDonald's 13,673 13,727 0.4%
36 50 Hot Stuff Pizza 1,596 1,597 0.1%
37 32 White Castle 395 395 0.0%
38 27 Boston Market 632 631 -0.2%
39 5 Taco Bell 5,080 5,055 -0.5%
40 14 Dairy Queen 4,779 4,752 -0.6%
41 6 Pizza Hut 6,306 6,254 -0.8%
42 42 Krystal 428 420 -1.9%
43 45 Einstein/Noah's Bagels 506 495 -2.2%
44 23 Long John Silver's 1,200 1,169 -2.6%
45 17 Hardee's 1,897 1,847 -2.6%
46 8 KFC 5,515 5,364 -2.7%
47 2 Burger King 7,624 7,379 -3.2%
48 24 Church's Chicken 1,236 1,190 -3.7%
49 3 Wendy's 6,319 6,018 -4.8%
50 46 Fazoli's 375 355 -5.3%