Who has the most fast food restaurants in the US?

Today, McDonald's is the number one restaurant chain in America based on both sales and number of locations, and it has over 36,000 restaurants in over 100 different countries.
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Which fast-food chain has the most restaurants in America?

Despite the ubiquity of popular fast-food chains such as Burger King, McDonald's, and Starbucks, the most numerous restaurant chain in both the United States—and in the entire world—is Subway.
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What city in the US has the most fast-food restaurants?

This graph depicts the number of quick service restaurants (QSR) per capita, by city, in the United States as of March 2018. In 2018, Orlando, Florida is the city with the highest number of fast food restaurants per capita, accounting for 18.4 QSRs per 10 thousand residents.
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What is the largest restaurant chain in the US?

The Top 25 Restaurant Chains in America by Sales
  • McDonald's ($36.4 billion)
  • Starbucks Coffee ($17.9 billion)
  • Subway ($11.3 billion)
  • Taco Bell ($9.4 billion)
  • Burger King ($9.3 billion)
  • Wendy's ($9.1 billion)
  • Dunkin' Donuts ($8.2 billion)
  • Chick-fil-A ($7.9 billion)
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What is the largest food chain in America?

Today, McDonald's is the number one restaurant chain in America based on both sales and number of locations, and it has over 36,000 restaurants in over 100 different countries.
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Top 10 American Fast Food Chains



What state eats the most fast food?

According to a recent study by Datafiniti, there are 6.3 restaurants per 10,000 residents in Alabama—making it the state with the most fast food restaurants in America per capita.
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Who has more restaurants McDonald's or Subway?

Despite the seeming ubiquity of McDonald's Golden Arches and the Starbucks' twin-tailed mermaid, sandwich chain Subway actually has the most locations of any restaurant worldwide. In 2017, Subway had 43,912 stores around the world, beating second-place McDonald's at 37,241 and third-place Starbucks at 27,339 locations.
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Is Subway bigger than Mcdonalds?

With 40,953 locations worldwide, Subway beats out McDonald's as the largest global chain. McDonald's currently has 37,855 locations globally.
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Is Chick-fil-A bigger than McDonald's?

The report estimates Chick-fil-A brought in $11.3 billion in sales in 2019. Starbucks was ranked second, with $21.4 billion in US sales and McDonald's was in the top spot, with a whopping $40.4 billion.
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Who owns Chick-fil-A?

Chick-fil-A is owned by the Cathy family, a billionaire evangelical Southern Baptist clan based in Atlanta.
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Is KFC bigger than McDonald's?

Here are the rest of the top 10 fast food brands ranked by worldwide brand value, according to the study: McDonald's: $130.4 billion. Starbucks: $45.9 billion. KFC: $17.2 billion.
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What is the #1 fast food chain in America 2021?

Chick-fil-A

Despite the fact that its ranking went down by one point this year, Chick-fil-A was voted the highest-rated fast-food chain on the 2021 ACSI survey, with a score of 83. Customers on ConsumerAffairs appear to agree, as the chicken sandwich chain has a 3.9 out of 5-star overall customer rating.
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Who's Bigger Burger King or McDonald's?

McDonald's and Burger King started in the franchise food business in 1955 and 1954, respectively. 12 McDonald's has always been the larger company, but each firm has unquestionably influenced the other throughout their six-decade-plus rivalry.
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What is the highest grossing fast food chain?

The Top 10 Fast-Food Restaurants by Sales in America
  • McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
  • Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
  • Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
  • Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
  • Taco Bell: $9.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
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What is the richest fast food chain?

In 2019, the 50 largest fast food chains in the U.S. generated over $200 billion in revenue. How do these quick service giants stack up against each other? Unsurprisingly, McDonald's comes in at number one with over $40 billion in sales.
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Which chain has the most locations?

The Answer is Subway.

With 44,852 locations, Subway, an American-owned fast food restaurant franchise is the largest fast food chain in the world.
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Who eats the most junk food?

The percentage of adults who consumed fast food decreased with age: 44.9% aged 20–39, 37.7% aged 40–59, and 24.1% aged 60 and over. A higher percentage of non-Hispanic black adults consumed fast food than non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic Asian, and Hispanic adults.
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What city has the most fast food chains?

These 10 Cities Have the Most Fast-Food Restaurants (STUDY)
  • Orlando, Florida (1 restaurant per 1,058 people)
  • Miami, Florida (1 per 1,457)
  • Cincinnati, Ohio (1 per 1,522)
  • St. ...
  • Las Vegas, Nevada (1,813)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (1 per 1,899)
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1 per 1,926)
  • Tampa, Florida (1 per 1,927)
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What state eats the most McDonald's?

There is no doubt McDonald's is popular, but where exactly are they the most popular? According to Eat This, Not That, the state with the highest number of McDonald's per capita is West Virginia, which has around 5.8 McDonald's locations for every 100,000 people.
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What is America's favorite restaurant?

More than 19,000 people participated in this study, and they spoke loud and clear: Chick-fil-A takes the top spot for the fifth year in a row, scoring an 83. Other restaurants in the survey included favorites like Starbucks, Dunkin', Taco Bell, and McDonald's.
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What is the most American restaurant?

Most Popular U.S. Chain Restaurants, Ranked
  • Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen. ...
  • Carrabba's Italian Grill. ...
  • P.F. Chang's China Bistro. ...
  • Hooters. ...
  • Golden Corral. ...
  • TGI Friday's. Annual sales: $672 million. ...
  • BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse. Annual sales: $779 million. ...
  • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews. Annual sales: $1.1 billion.
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