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2022 RankCompanyCategory2022 US Systemwide Sales Millions2022 Average Sales Per Unit Thousands2022 Franchised Licensed Units2022 Company Units2022 Total UnitsTotal Change in Units from 2021
1Chick-fil-A*Chicken1881467102764732837153
2KFCChicken510013413872463918-35
3Popeyes Louisiana KitchenChicken500118232905412946169
4Raising Cane'sChicken311854402562164679
5WingstopChicken238216061678431721187
6Zaxby'sChicken2380259077614692211
7BojanglesChicken1600208850128178815
8El Pollo LocoChicken1039210030218849010
9Church's ChickenChicken765935654158812-91

 

About the QSR 50/

The QSR 50 is an annual ranking of limited-service restaurant companies by U.S. system-wide sales. QSR magazine collected information directly from restaurant companies from March to May 2023, and also partnered with Circana, a leading adviser on the complexity of consumer behavior. Circana leveraged multiple data products and services from its research product portfolio, combined with experienced analyst estimates. Sales estimates represent each chain’s total U.S. system for the year ending December 2022, and were anchored on CREST, Circana’s flagship syndicated study of consumer purchases of restaurant prepared meals, snacks, and beverages. Unit counts source to the fall 2022 release of Circana’s ReCount service, a census of chains and independent restaurant locations regularly updated since 1988. Today, ReCount provides unit counts and trends for over 1.2 million foodservice operators. These primary sources, combined with other proprietary Circana data, public reporting, and analysis, generate this new, industry-standard restaurant ranking.

* indicates figures estimated by QSR and Circana.

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