Top 50 Unit Breakdown Sorted by Segment

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QSR 50 Profiles	Segments
The Charts	Burger	Pizza/Pasta
Top 50	Sandwich	Chicken
Top 50 by Units	Snack	Asian & Seafood
Video Report	Mexican

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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	Number of Franchised Units in 2010	Number of Company Units in 2010	Total Units in 2010	Total Change in Units from 2009
22	Panda Express	asian	28	1,308	1,336	62
3	Burger King*²	burger	6,380	873	7,253	3
23	Carl’s Jr.*	burger	674	423	1,097	11
34	Checkers/Rally’s	burger	505	299	804	-16
33	Culver’s	burger	415	9	424	11
16	Dairy Queen*	burger	4,452	62	4,514	-25
30	Five Guys Burgers & Fries	burger	634	102	736	195
19	Hardee’s*	burger	1,226	466	1,692	-64
45	In-N-Out Burger*	burger	0	252	252	13
15	Jack in the Box	burger	1,250	956	2,206	-6
50	Krystal*	burger	145	219	364	-20
1	McDonald’s	burger	12,477	1,550	14,027	47
10	Sonic	burger	3,117	455	3,572	28
27	Steak N Shake*	burger	75	412	487	2
4	Wendy’s*	burger	5,182	1,394	6,576	35
25	Whataburger	burger	172	545	717	15
40	White Castle*	burger	0	416	416	-2
31	Bojangles’	chicken	298	186	484	27
41	Boston Market*	chicken	0	491	491	-29
11	Chick-fil-A	chicken	1,461	76	1,537	57
26	Church’s Chicken	chicken	980	270	1,250	24
38	El Pollo Loco	chicken	241	171	412	-3
9	KFC	chicken	4,275	780	5,055	-107
20	Popeyes*	chicken	1,542	38	1,580	34
28	Zaxby’s	chicken	425	89	514	22
18	Chipotle	mexican	0	1,084	1,084	129
36	Del Taco	mexican	234	288	522	6
44	Qdoba	mexican	337	188	525	15
6	Taco Bell	mexican	4,389	1,245	5,634	30
39	CiCi’s Pizza*	pizza/pasta	581	13	594	-31
12	Domino’s Pizza*	pizza/pasta	4,479	450	4,929	2
24	Little Caesars*	pizza/pasta	2,250	550	2,800	152
35	Papa Murphy’s	pizza/pasta	1,222	33	1,255	84
17	Papa John’s	pizza/pasta	2,280	591	2871	90
8	Pizza Hut	pizza/pasta	7,083	459	7,542	-24
43	Sbarro*	pizza/pasta	302	476	778	-7
14	Arby’s	sandwich	2,505	1,144	3,649	-69
48	Einstein Bros. Bagels*	sandwich	229	354	583	51
42	Jason’s Deli	sandwich	101	125	226	11
29	Jimmy John’s*	sandwich	1,107	24	1,131	162
13	Panera Bread	sandwich	791	662	1,453	73
21	Quiznos*	sandwich	3,100	3	3,103	-600
2	Subway*	sandwich	23,850	0	23,850	816
47	Captain D’s	seafood	251	280	531	-4
32	Long John Silver’s*	seafood	964	0	964	-25
37	Baskin Robbins*	snack	2,600	0	2,600	55
49	Cold Stone Creamery	snack	1,100	22	1,122	76
7	Dunkin' Donuts*	snack	6,746	26	6,772	206
5	Starbucks*	snack	4,424	6,707	11,131	0
46	Tim Hortons¹	snack	598	4	602	39