
| 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% |