United States category page

Food & Beverage franchises in United States

Start with the strongest public brands in this category, see where the visible signal is densest, and move into compare or the full country browse only when the shortlist needs more work.

Tracked brands

650

Profiles currently assigned to this category page.

Visible now

24

Public profiles surfaced on this landing page.

Visible stores

140,704

Combined store footprint across the brands surfaced on this page.

Startup coverage

19

Visible brands with startup-cost range data on file.

Category signals

The strongest visible brands in Food & Beverage.

Subway

Doctor's Associates LLC

35,705 stores
MCDONALD'S

MCDONALD'S USA, LLC

25,852 stores
Burger King

BURGER KING COMPANY LLC

16,934 stores
19 visible startup-cost rows20 visible revenue rows

What to compare

Use this category page to decide what belongs in compare.

What operating model matters most inside Food & Beverage?
Which brands look truly scaled versus simply visible?
What additional context do you need before turning a shortlist into underwriting or market-entry work?

Category briefing

Why Food & Beverage deserves a category-first screen.

Food & Beverage is easier to evaluate when you start with the category rather than with a single brand story. The category page gives you the cleanest first pass into public profiles that share similar operating assumptions.

For United States, the goal is to narrow the field quickly, then move into compare, reports, or custom work only when the shortlist is worth deeper diligence.

Why researchers keep coming back to this category

  • Category pages surface comparable public profiles faster than broad market browsing.
  • The first pass is about screening for fit, maturity, and benchmarkability.
  • Public inventory tells you where deeper diligence is likely to pay off.

Diligence questions

  • What operating model matters most inside Food & Beverage?
  • Which brands look truly scaled versus simply visible?
  • What additional context do you need before turning a shortlist into underwriting or market-entry work?

Research angles

  • Use the Food & Beverage page as a shortlist builder, not the final diligence step.
  • Compare public profiles side by side before you commission deeper research.
  • Use reports when the decision depends on category benchmarks, not just profile browsing.

Public profiles

Showing the first 24 public Food & Beverage brands.

Compare top category brands
Subway

Food & Beverage

35,705 stores

Doctor's Associates LLC

MCDONALD'S

Food & Beverage

25,852 stores

MCDONALD'S USA, LLC

Burger King

Food & Beverage

16,934 stores

BURGER KING COMPANY LLC

PIZZA HUT

Food & Beverage

9,423 stores

PIZZA HUT, LLC

TACO BELL

Food & Beverage

8,234 stores

TACO BELL FRANCHISOR, LLC

5,544 stores

POPEYES LOUISIANA KITCHEN INC

SONIC DRIVE-IN

Food & Beverage

5,028 stores

SONIC FRANCHISING LLC

ARBY'S

Food & Beverage

4,447 stores

ARBY'S FRANCHISOR, LLC

KFC

Food & Beverage

3,982 stores

KFC US, LLC

PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA

Food & Beverage

3,405 stores

PAPA JOHN'S FRANCHISING, LLC

JIMMY JOHN'S

Food & Beverage

2,784 stores

JIMMY JOHN'S FRANCHISOR SPV, LLC

WING-STOP

Food & Beverage

2,325 stores

WINGSTOP FRANCHISING LLC

Baskin-Robbins

Food & Beverage

2,148 stores

Parent company on file

JACK IN THE BOX

Food & Beverage

2,136 stores

DIFFERENT RULES, LLC

PANDA EXPRESS

Food & Beverage

2,065 stores

CITADEL PANDA EXPRESS INC

Tropical Smoothie Cafe

Food & Beverage

1,735 stores

TSC Franchisor, LLC

SMOOTHIE KING

Food & Beverage

1,270 stores

SMOOTHIE KING FRANCHISES, INC.

DENNY'S

Food & Beverage

1,229 stores

DFO, LLC

CHILI'S

Food & Beverage

1,213 stores

BRINKER INTERNATIONAL PAYROLL COMPANY, LP

Chili's Grill & Bar

Food & Beverage

1,206 stores

Parent company on file

CINNABON

Food & Beverage

1,158 stores

CINNABON FRANCHISOR SPV LLC

Papa Murphy's

Food & Beverage

1,000 stores

Parent company on file

Carl's Jr

Food & Beverage

982 stores

Parent company on file

899 stores

FIVE GUYS FRANCHISOR, LLC