Ranking of the Top 15 Chain Restaurants in the US

Olive Garden has been ranked among the top chain restaurants in the United States, according to a recent report. While fast-food and fast-casual chains dominate the industry, there are many casual-dining and family-style chain restaurants that are also thriving. This year has brought both challenges and opportunities for chain restaurants, as they now compete with fast-food chains to attract value-driven customers. From Olive Garden to Denny’s, you may have visited at least one of these chains in the past year.

Research firm Technomic recently identified the top 500 biggest chain restaurants in the US, based on decades of historical data. The report includes each chain’s annual sales and unit counts for 2023, as reported by Nation’s Restaurant News. For this list, we focused on the top 15 chains categorized as casual dining, midscale, or family-style. Fast-casual or quick-service restaurants like Chipotle and McDonald’s were not included in this ranking.

Listed below are the biggest chain restaurants in the US according to Technomic’s report, along with the year the company was founded, its 2023 sales, and restaurant count. It’s interesting to see which chains are faring better than others in this competitive industry.