Restaurants franchises

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Franchise	U.S. locations	Worldwide locations	Opening investment	Average annual revenue	Systemwide sales	Compare
Subway	18,592	>35,000	$227,000–$630,000Published reference · budget unverified	—	—
McDonald's	13,697	46,028	$701,000–$2,807,000	$4,057,000	$139.4 billion
Dunkin	9,999Calculated	>14,200	$532,400–$1,832,500	$1,372,069	—
Taco Bell	7,803	9,046	$1,859,750–$4,312,200	—	$18.4 billion
Domino’s	7,231	22,531	$107,450–$743,500	—	$20.1 billion
Burger King	6,650	19,933	$348,400–$4,730,600Published reference · budget unverified	—	$29.4 billion
Pizza Hut	6,307	19,985Division total · includes Telepizza	$670,000–$2,130,000	$972,864	—
Wendy’s	5,969	7,397	—	$1,984,000	—
Sonic	3,461	3,412	$670,200–$2,522,900	$1,587,024 (2024)	—
KFC	3,424	34,747	$2,107,575–$4,155,000	—	$36.4 billion
Arby’s	3,365	more than 3,500	$651,550–$2,456,600	$1,274,787	—
Papa Johns	3,294	5,978	$281,485–$890,267	—	—
Popeyes	3,229	5,468	$504,545–$3,923,245	—	$7.8 billion
Jersey Mike’s	3,227	3,378	$436,176–$1,162,228	$1,364,000	—
Chick-fil-A	2,863	—	$317,521–$3,463,155	$9,161,239	—
Jimmy John’s	2,777	—	$366,200–$733,500	$1,007,437	—
Wingstop	2,728	3,056	$310,400–$1,048,500	$2,000,000	—
Baskin-Robbins	2,186Calculated	>7,800	$307,400–$626,700	$526,669	—
Tropical Smoothie Cafe	1,651	—	$275,500–$770,500	$978,298	—
Five Guys	1,511Calculated	—	$927,850–$1,375,750	—	—
Hardee’s	1,485	—	$1,385,000–$2,637,395	$1,347,436	—
Applebee’s	1,472	1,579	$616,682–$5,822,933	$2,954,522	—
Cinnabon	1,338	—	$29,250–$1,205,400	$665,401	—
Firehouse Subs	1,276Calculated	1,546	$405,350–$1,577,750	—	—
Denny’s	1,274	—	$245,000–$3,055,925	$1,951,330	—
Auntie Anne’s	1,247	>1,950	$115,225–$1,811,400	$792,496	—
Smoothie King	1,242	—	$329,850–$1,278,900	$662,015	$728.2 million
Marco’s Pizza	1,184	—	$286,477–$811,186	—	—
Crumbl	1,098	≥1,101	$848,566–$4,417,599	$1,139,162	—
Culver's	1,041	>1,000	$3,406,350–$10,294,100	$4,142,737	—
Papa Murphy’s	1,014	—	$450,330–$693,450	$687,539	—
Cold Stone Creamery	884	—	$390,675–$680,775	$604,392	—
Tim Hortons	693	6,209	$60,150–$3,312,500	—	$8.2 billion
McAlister’s Deli	572	≥550	$910,175–$2,575,400	$1,868,101	—
Moe’s Southwest Grill	568	≥563	$644,425–$1,968,450	$1,184,316	—
Schlotzsky’s Deli	294	≥267	$668,775–$2,261,500	$1,157,190	—
Teriyaki Madness	199	—	$392,967–$1,122,005	$1,113,760	—
Quiznos	139	—	—	—	—
Advanced Fresh Concepts	—	>4,000	—	—	—
Buffalo Wild Wings	—	—	$2,463,945–$4,900,320	$3,574,130	—
Carvel	—	≥359	$38,850–$1,136,500	$496,287	—
Chili’s	—	—	—	—	—
Dairy Queen	—	—	$549,100–$2,543,050	—	—
IHOP	—	1,824	$1,907,682–$3,329,845	—	—
Jamba	—	≥709	$106,500–$1,811,400	$674,678	—
Kona Ice	—	≥1,933 mobile outlets	$114,730–$228,601	—	—
Little Caesars	—	—	$376,500–$1,769,200	—	—
Nathan's Famous	—	—	$277,000–$1,100,000	—	—
Panera Bread	—	—	$498,306–$4,569,880	$2,541,217	—
Zaxby’s	—	—	—	—	—