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Top 25 Burger chains worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,987 burger chains worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 687,756 professional contacts across them, including 20,974 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers burger chains worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026. Country and city lists for burger chains follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, 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.
The 25 largest burger chains worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 201,294 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over locations in over 100 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 71,731 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The year is 1954.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 37,249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wendy's was founded in 1969 by Dave Thomas in Columbus, Ohio.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 35,804 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tim Hortons is more than a coffee shop – it’s one of the largest restaurant chains in North America and the largest in Canada.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 30,969 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “SONIC®, America’s Drive-In®, is part of the Inspire Brands family of restaurants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 18,141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Waffle House restaurants have been serving Good Food Fast® since 1955.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 16,930 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Arby’s, founded in 1964, is the second-largest sandwich restaurant brand in the world with more than 3,400 restaurants in seven countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 13,864 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KFC Corporation, based in Plano, Texas, is one of the few brands in America that can boast about having a rich, 60-year history of success and innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 13,854 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Jack in the Box has always been the place for those who live outside the box.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 11,972 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded by Todd Graves in 1996 in Baton Rouge, La, RAISING CANE'S CHICKEN FINGERS has over restaurants.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 10,143 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Yum!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 9,963 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In-N-Out Burger was founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California, and remains privately owned and operated.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 8,729 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “With strong, Midwestern family values and genuine hometown hospitality, Culver’s® has proudly served its signature ButterBurgers® and Fresh Frozen Custard since we opened our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 7,867 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “History:*1986: The first Five Guys location opens in Arlington, VA.*1986 - 2001: Five Guys opens five locations around the DC metro-area and perfected their business of making…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 7,258 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1990, Zaxbys® is committed to serving delicious Chicken Fingerz™, Zalads®, wings, and signature sauces with Southern hospitality and a modern twist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 6,538 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “OUR VISION: Steak ‘n Shake is a classic American brand and we intend to lead and dominate the premium burger and milkshake segment of the restaurant industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 4,890 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Shake Shack sprouted from a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park (NYC) to support the Madison Square Park Conservancy’s first art installation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 4,649 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Seconde chaine de burger au monde avec plus de 15 restaurants dans plus de 100 pays, BURGER KING® revient en France grâce au Groupe Bertrand avec un plan de développement…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 4,420 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We’ve got the boldest burgers on the block.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 3,756 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Nos conectamos com pessoas, por meio de histórias vividas e servidas à mesa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 3,698 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “White Castle, America's first fast-food hamburger chain, has been making hot and tasty Sliders since 1921.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 3,652 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Freddy’s, frozen custard is such a signature part of the menu that it’s included in the name.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 3,518 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hungry Jack’s® operates as a franchise of the international Burger King™ Corporation across 400 locations Australia wide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 3,336 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Groupe fondé en 1970, Quick s’est imposée comme la principale enseigne d’origine européenne de restauration rapide hamburger.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 3,238 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Créée en 1980 par Christian PICART, Buffalo Grill est une enseigne de restauration spécialisée dans la grillade, inspirée par l'Amérique.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: burger chains. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names burger chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of burger chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name burger chains. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Burger chains worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among burger chains, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for burger chains are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “burger chains”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names burger chains), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among burger chains, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- 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 listed company carries at least one verified work email, 20,974 across the full list. 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 September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Burger chains by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Burger chains list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Burger chains based in the United States882
- Burger chains based in Brazil216
- Burger chains based in the United Kingdom149
- Burger chains based in France142
- Burger chains based in Canada97
- Burger chains based in India96
- Burger chains based in Spain93
- Burger chains based in Germany85
- Burger chains based in the Netherlands76
- Burger chains based in Australia75
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names burger chains, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many burger chains are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,987 burger chains worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Mcdonald's, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most burger chains?
The United States leads with 882 companies, followed by Brazil (216) and the United Kingdom (149). Every burger chains list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most burger chains?
Sao Paulo leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by London (39) and New York (24).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 20,974 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,987 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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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 Smart Search, 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.