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2023 Rank	Company	Category	2023 U.S. Sales Millions	2023 AUV Thousands	2023 Franchisedlicensed Units	2023 Company Units	2023 Total Units	Total Change in Units from 2022
1	CAVA	Global	717	2,639	2	309	311	72
2	Baskin-Robbins	Snack	708	325	2,261	0	2,261	8
3	Habit Burger	Burger	700	2,004	59	307	366	28
4	White Castle	Burger	684	1,972	5	337	342	-4
5	Portillo's	Sandwich	670	9,100	0	84	84	11
6	sweetgreen*	Global	640	2,900	0	221	221	35
7	Einstein Bros.	Snack	588	1,123	345	329	674	-24
8	Captain D's	Seafood	568	1,098	224	313	537	7
9	Potbelly	Sandwich	560	1,300	79	345	424	5
10	Jamba	Snack	513	719	733	1	734	-3
11	Hungry Howie's	Pizza	468	894	491	33	524	-12
12	Slim Chickens	Chicken	388	2,519	173	10	183	49
13	Schlotzsky's	Sandwich	361	1,143	295	22	317	-19
14	Fazoli's	Global	288	1,367	149	58	207	-2
15	Cinnabon	Snack	286	720	959	22	981	23
16	Smashburger	Burger	275	1,187	82	127	209	1
17	Penn Station	Sandwich	267	845	322	1	323	5
18	Kona Ice	Snack	265	135	1,670	0	1,670	194
19	Sbarro	Pizza	257	701	227	147	374	23
20	Farmer Boys	Burger	256	2,540	68	33	101	0
21	Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken	Chicken	229	1,806	107	16	123	-2
22	Donatos	Pizza	213	1,216	127	51	178	4
23	7 Brew	Snack	191	1,800	161	19	180	142
24	TOUS les JOURS	Snack	172	1,819	105	2	107	23
25	Great American Cookies	Snack	160	412	402	0	402	34
26	BurgerFi	Burger	149	1,378	80	28	108	-6
27	Yogurtland	Snack	144	737	194	7	201	-7
28	The Halal Guys	Global	125	1,300	88	5	93	2
29	Hawaiian Bros	Global	119	3,150	20	28	48	11
30	Pancheros	Global	111	1,567	48	26	74	4
31	Handel's Homemade Ice Cream	Snack	106	1,025	117	7	124	30
32	Bubbakoo's Burritos	Global	95	1,050	101	13	114	16
33	Savvy Sliders	Burger	87	2,075	40	0	40	20
34	Pizza Guys	Pizza	84	1,065	74	5	79	5
35	Port of Subs	Sandwich	74	588	114	12	126	-6
36	MOOYAH	Burgers	73	1,012	74	1	75	-3
37	Great Greek Mediterranean Grill	Global	50	1,496	43	8	51	23
38	Angry Chickz	Chicken	41	2,000	0	24	24	7
39	Naf Naf	Global	38	1,000	16	22	38	0
40	Vitality Bowls	Snack	35	547	59	6	65	-7
41	Zaza Cuban Comfort	Global	28	3,500	4	5	9	1
42	Wing Snob	Chicken	25	950	32	0	32	12
43	Viva Chicken	Chicken	23	1,800	0	17	17	1
44	Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii	Snack	19	702	31	2	33	6
45	Smalls Sliders	Burger	16	2,026	9	2	11	5
46	My Burger	Burger	10	1,100	0	8	8	0
47	Sambazon	Snack	7	1,200	7	1	8	5
48	Uncle Sharkii Poke Bar	Global	3	300	10	16	26	20
49	Bambuu Asian Eatery	Global	1.6	1,600	0	1	1	1
50	ATL Wing Spot	Chicken	1.4	1,400	0	1	1	0

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 2024.

* Indicates a number estimated by QSR.

** Indicates a number estimated by Datassential. Chain operators were invited to share unit and systemwide sales figures, and Datassential supplemented those numbers with data from its analytics platforms, including and especially the Datassential Operators platform, as well as Concept Testing and Brand Performance. Publicly available brand data from securities filings, investor research, and franchise disclosures also informed Datassential estimates. Where specific chain information was not available, estimates were made based on growth rates seen in the industry overall and among similar chains.

The Contenders

From legacy chains to rising upstarts, here’s a look at 50 brands ready to break through in the coming years. All information in this chart, except for where * is indicated, was submitted directly to QSR magazine. The list was ranked by total systemwide sales from the pool of submissions.