Top 50 Sorted by Company

    The top quick-serve and fast-casual brands in the nation.

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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.

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    QSR 50 RankCompanySegment2010 U.S. Systemwide Sales (millions)2010 U.S. Average Sales per Unit (thousands)Total Units in 2010Total Change in Units from 2009
    14Arby’ssandwich$3,010.0$838.03,649-69
    37Baskin Robbins*snack$565.0$220.02,60055
    31Bojangles’chicken$712.8$1,573.348427
    41Boston Market*chicken$513.0$1,015.0491-29
    3Burger King*2burger$8,600.0$1,230.07,2533
    47Captain D’sseafood$436.2$819.0531-4
    23Carl’s Jr.*burger$1,310.0$1,375.01,09711
    34Checkers/Rally’sburger$658.7$830.4804-16
    11Chick-fil-Achicken$3,582.5$2,694.41,53757
    18Chipotlemexican$1,840.0$1,800.01,084129
    26Church’s Chickenchicken$872.7$695.01,25024
    39CiCi’s Pizza*pizza/pasta$545.0$906.0594-31
    49Cold Stone Creamerysnack$385.7$344.01,12276
    33Culver’sburger$689.1$1,641.242411
    16Dairy Queen*burger$2,660.0$540.04,514-25
    36Del Tacomexican$579.0$1,100.05226
    12Domino’s Pizza*pizza/pasta$3,305.6$657.04,9292
    7Dunkin' Donuts*snack$6,000.0$839.06,772206
    48Einstein Bros. Bagels*sandwich$400.4$988.058351
    38El Pollo Locochicken$557.0$1,400.0412-3
    30Five Guys Burgers & Friesburger$716.0$1,139.0736195
    19Hardee’s*burger$1,695.00$1,054.01,692-64
    45In-N-Out Burger*burger$472.5$1,925.025213
    15Jack in the Boxburger$2,934.8$1,322.02,206-6
    42Jason’s Delisandwich$503.2$2,226.622611
    29Jimmy John’s*sandwich$735.0$753.01,131162
    9KFCchicken$4,700.0$933.05,055-107
    50Krystal*burger$377.3$1,036.0364-20
    24Little Caesars*pizza/pasta$1,253.0$460.02,800152
    32Long John Silver’s*seafood$700.0$655.0964-25
    1McDonald’sburger$32,395.0$2,400.014,02747
    22Panda Expressasian$1,404.5$1,093.51,33662
    13Panera Breadsandwich$3,100.0$2,200.01,45373
    35Papa Murphy’spizza/pasta$648.8$538.51,25584
    17Papa John’spizza/pasta$2,081.8$863.0287190
    8Pizza Hutpizza/pasta$5,400.0$855.07,542-24
    20Popeyes*chicken$1,635.0$1,053.01,58034
    44Qdobamexican$480.8$883.052515
    21Quiznos*sandwich$1,430.0$420.03,103-600
    43Sbarro*pizza/pasta$501.5$623.0778-7
    10Sonicburger$3,619.9$1,023.03,57228
    5Starbucks*snack$7,560.0$1,060.011,1310
    27Steak N Shake*burger$786.6$1,590.04872
    2Subway*sandwich$10,600.0$452.023,850816
    6Taco Bellmexican$6,900.0$1,288.05,63430
    46Tim Hortons1snack$439.2$978.060239
    4Wendy’s*burger$8,340.0$1,418.06,57635
    25Whataburgerburger$1,225.7$1,709.071715
    40White Castle*burger$542.1$1,300.0416-2
    28Zaxby’schicken$777.6$1,548.051422

    *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