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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 Company Segment 2010 U.S. Systemwide Sales (millions) 2010 U.S. Average Sales per Unit (thousands) Total Units in 2010 Total Change in Units from 2009
2 Subway* sandwich $10,600.0 $452.0 23,850 816
7 Dunkin' Donuts* snack $6,000.0 $839.0 6,772 206
30 Five Guys Burgers & Fries burger $716.0 $1,139.0 736 195
29 Jimmy John’s* sandwich $735.0 $753.0 1,131 162
24 Little Caesars* pizza/pasta $1,253.0 $460.0 2,800 152
18 Chipotle mexican $1,840.0 $1,800.0 1,084 129
17 Papa John’s pizza/pasta $2,081.8 $863.0 2871 90
35 Papa Murphy’s pizza/pasta $648.8 $538.5 1,255 84
49 Cold Stone Creamery snack $385.7 $344.0 1,122 76
13 Panera Bread sandwich $3,100.0 $2,200.0 1,453 73
22 Panda Express asian $1,404.5 $1,093.5 1,336 62
11 Chick-fil-A chicken $3,582.5 $2,694.4 1,537 57
37 Baskin Robbins* snack $565.0 $220.0 2,600 55
48 Einstein Bros. Bagels* sandwich $400.4 $988.0 583 51
1 McDonald’s burger $32,395.0 $2,400.0 14,027 47
46 Tim Hortons1 snack $439.2 $978.0 602 39
4 Wendy’s* burger $8,340.0 $1,418.0 6,576 35
20 Popeyes* chicken $1,635.0 $1,053.0 1,580 34
6 Taco Bell mexican $6,900.0 $1,288.0 5,634 30
10 Sonic burger $3,619.9 $1,023.0 3,572 28
31 Bojangles’ chicken $712.8 $1,573.3 484 27
26 Church’s Chicken chicken $872.7 $695.0 1,250 24
28 Zaxby’s chicken $777.6 $1,548.0 514 22
25 Whataburger burger $1,225.7 $1,709.0 717 15
44 Qdoba mexican $480.8 $883.0 525 15
45 In-N-Out Burger* burger $472.5 $1,925.0 252 13
23 Carl’s Jr.* burger $1,310.0 $1,375.0 1,097 11
33 Culver’s burger $689.1 $1,641.2 424 11
42 Jason’s Deli sandwich $503.2 $2,226.6 226 11
36 Del Taco mexican $579.0 $1,100.0 522 6
3 Burger King*2 burger $8,600.0 $1,230.0 7,253 3
12 Domino’s Pizza* pizza/pasta $3,305.6 $657.0 4,929 2
27 Steak N Shake* burger $786.6 $1,590.0 487 2
5 Starbucks* snack $7,560.0 $1,060.0 11,131 0
40 White Castle* burger $542.1 $1,300.0 416 -2
38 El Pollo Loco chicken $557.0 $1,400.0 412 -3
47 Captain D’s seafood $436.2 $819.0 531 -4
15 Jack in the Box burger $2,934.8 $1,322.0 2,206 -6
43 Sbarro* pizza/pasta $501.5 $623.0 778 -7
34 Checkers/Rally’s burger $658.7 $830.4 804 -16
50 Krystal* burger $377.3 $1,036.0 364 -20
8 Pizza Hut pizza/pasta $5,400.0 $855.0 7,542 -24
16 Dairy Queen* burger $2,660.0 $540.0 4,514 -25
32 Long John Silver’s* seafood $700.0 $655.0 964 -25
41 Boston Market* chicken $513.0 $1,015.0 491 -29
39 CiCi’s Pizza* pizza/pasta $545.0 $906.0 594 -31
19 Hardee’s* burger $1,695.00 $1,054.0 1,692 -64
14 Arby’s sandwich $3,010.0 $838.0 3,649 -69
9 KFC chicken $4,700.0 $933.0 5,055 -107
21 Quiznos* sandwich $1,430.0 $420.0 3,103 -600

*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

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