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Top 25 Barbecue restaurant chains worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,360 company matches for barbecue restaurant chains worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 61,611 professional contacts across them, including 4,012 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for barbecue restaurant chains worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026. Country and city lists for barbecue restaurant chains follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Nov 6, 2026 How this list was built
2,360Companies
61,611Contacts tracked
4,012Verified emails
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The 25 largest barbecue restaurant chains worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,360 company matches for barbecue restaurant chains worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchLouisville, KY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+19,839 contacts →

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“It all began on February 17, 1993, when after years of dreaming, planning, and hard, hard work, Kent Taylor opened the first Texas Roadhouse in Clarksville, Indiana.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchUnited StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+3,695 contacts →

Exact match

“Logan's Roadhouse®, Inc, headquartered in Houston, Texas, currently operates 119 Logan's Roadhouse restaurants.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3Exact matchGlen Burnie, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0001,571 contacts →

Exact match

“MISSION BBQ opened for business on September 11, 2011, the tenth anniversary of the day our world changed forever.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4Exact matchHopkins, MN, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,558 contacts →

Exact match

“Famous Dave’s of America, Inc.”

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5Exact matchDallas, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,257 contacts →

Exact match

“Dickey's Barbecue Pit, the world’s largest and fastest growing barbecue franchise was founded in 1941 by Travis Dickey.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6Exact matchWinter Park, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0001,243 contacts →

Exact match

“With nearly 100 locations throughout the southeast, Sonny’s BBQ® is one of the largest and most popular barbecue restaurant companies in the country.”

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7Exact matchPlantation, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000918 contacts →

Exact match

“We're meat people.”

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8Exact matchBirmingham, AL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000895 contacts →

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“Jim ‘N Nick’s started cooking pork “low and slow” in 1985 when Nick, along with his dad Jim, reclaimed an old pizza parlour on Clairmont Avenue in Birmingham, AL where they opened…”

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9Exact matchSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000794 contacts →

Exact match

“Bill Miller Bar-B-Q is a family restaurant In 1950, on a $500 loan from his father, Bill Miller opened a small poultry and egg business.”

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10Exact matchTrujillo, PeruHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a642 contacts →

Exact match

“Cadena de restaurantes especialistas en parrillas y pollos a la brasa”

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11Exact matchDublin, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000639 contacts →

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“Born from a love of authentic barbeque and the joy of sharing it, City Barbeque has been serving the flavor of America since Founded by Kansas farm kid Rick Malir in a converted…”

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12Exact matchChester, United KingdomHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000555 contacts →

Exact match

“It all started with a road trip… Hickory’s Smokehouse is inspired by the Southern States, the open-hearted service, the atmosphere, soul & incredible flavours of BBQ.”

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13Exact matchSignal Hill, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000433 contacts →

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“Picking up culinary inspiration from some of the best barbeque shacks in the South, we developed a thriving concept around "Serving the Best Bar-B-Que with the Finest Southern…”

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14Exact matchEagle, AL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000314 contacts →

Exact match

“Recognized with many awards, Moe’s Original BBQ has been named in the Top 10 BBQ Chains in America by USA Today and The Daily Meal, one of the fastest growing, emerging restaurant…”

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15Exact matchRaleigh, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000283 contacts →

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“Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q has a 50-year history in serving the finest fried chicken and Eastern North Carolina-style BBQ.”

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16Exact matchUnited StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000272 contacts →

Exact match

“Wood Ranch provides a distinctive, premium-casual dining experience by offering a reasonably priced, all-American menu featuring made-from-scratch signature items; a high energy…”

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17Exact matchHerning, DenmarkHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000259 contacts →

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“Hos Bone’s handler det om mere end bare mad – det handler om at samles om gode stunder.”

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18Exact matchSyracuse, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000227 contacts →

Exact match

“Since 1988, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que (Dino BBQ) has been serving up mouth-watering food and serious suds to thousands of hungry diners craving some of the most authentic Southern…”

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19Exact matchLewisville, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200203 contacts →

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“Spring Creek Barbeque is a restaurants company based out of 571 E Round Grove Rd, Lewisville, Texas, United States.”

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20Exact matchUnited StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500179 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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21Exact matchTulsa, OK, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500178 contacts →

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“At Billy Sims BBQ, we’re committed to offering you and your family first-class food in a fun atmosphere that highlights the career triumphs of one of OU’s – and the nation’s – all…”

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22Exact matchWinter Park, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000174 contacts →

Exact match

“John Rivers never set out to create the most successful BBQ chain in Florida.”

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23Exact matchOverland Park, KS, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500162 contacts →

Exact match

“Jack Stack Barbecue is a nationally-recognized barbecue company with four Kansas City-area restaurants, Catering, Private Dining, and Nationwide Shipping.”

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24Exact matchFrederick, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000157 contacts →

Exact match

“Based in Frederick, Md, Roy Rogers® is a chain of western-themed quick-service restaurants offering broad appeal across multiple dayparts and generations.”

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25Exact matchNew York, DC, United StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000152 contacts →

Exact match

“For over 30 years, our family of restaurants has been offering an exciting and unique spectrum of dining concepts.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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Barbecue restaurant chains worldwide at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
6.5%Verified-email coverage
26.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
0.7%Largest-city concentration · London
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,004
11-50
950
51-200
229
201-500
68
501-1,000
22
1,001-5,000
27
5,001-10,000
4
10001+
3

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for barbecue restaurant chains are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “barbecue restaurant chains” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 4,012 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Barbecue restaurant chains by location

4 lists · largest first

Every Barbecue restaurant chains list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

Countries

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “barbecue restaurant chains”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many barbecue restaurant chains are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,360 company matches for barbecue restaurant chains worldwide as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Texas Roadhouse tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most barbecue restaurant chains?

The United States leads with 1,612 companies, followed by Canada (106) and the United Kingdom (61). Every barbecue restaurant chains list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most barbecue restaurant chains?

London leads with 17 company records, followed by Dallas (16) and Houston (16).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 4,012 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,360 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.