Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Fast casual restaurant chains worldwide
RevenueBase identified 1,489 fast casual restaurant chains worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 210,487 professional contacts across them, including 8,743 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers fast casual restaurant 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 20, 2026. Country and city lists for fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant chains worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 79,096 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Subway is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant brands, serving freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across over 100…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 31,745 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our first bakery-cafe opened in 1987, founded with a secret sourdough starter and the belief that the best part of bread is sharing it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 17,175 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're America's Diner and we love to feed people - body, mind and soul.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 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 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 3,603 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1989, McAlister’s Deli® is a fast casual restaurant chain known for its genuine hospitality, sandwiches, spuds, soups, salads, desserts and McAlister’s Famous Sweet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,153 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to Moe’s!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 2,310 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “People are our competitive advantage; we hire and retain the best.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 2,172 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sweetgreen (NYSE: SG) is on a mission to build healthy communities by connecting people to real food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,094 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The first Miller’s Ale House opened in 1988 in Jupiter, FL, based on a ‘come as you are’ environment that quickly became known for its freshly-made food, unmatched value…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,817 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “New Jersey's original acai shop serving healthy super fruit bowls, smoothies, juices, oatmeal, soup, and coffee.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,756 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in June 2007 and based in Denver, Colorado’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, the first Smashburger opened with one simple notion in mind: to serve a better burger and, in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,319 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our roots run deep in the Delta where the food is honest, meals are social, and the door is always open.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,147 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our Driving Force: Food is Our Story Newk's is an express casual dining experience in a refreshing and stylish atmosphere with an emphasis on freshness and flavor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,144 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1978, Au Bon Pain (“from good bread”) has grown into an internationally recognized leader in the fast-casual restaurant category.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,063 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Who we are: Pei Wei Asian Kitchen, is one of four concepts owned and operated by West Coast Capital, the second largest Operator of fast casual/quick-service Chinese restaurants…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 893 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A OAKBERRY é uma empresa pensada para suprir uma demanda pouco atendida no mercado de alimentação saudável.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 818 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eat.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 777 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Cafe Zupas, we believe that real, whole food should always come first.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 719 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Celebrating 40 years of farm fresh, Farmer Boys® is a farm-to-table fast casual restaurant chain serving award-winning burgers and all-day breakfast, stacked sandwiches…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 710 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Costa Vida is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 635 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Mendocino Farms, we turn creative sandwiches, salads and more into your favorite food experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 589 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Those fast-casual better-burger guys best watch out: Hwy 55 has drawn a roadmap to success."- Full Service Restaurant Magazine Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries has been serving up…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 566 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “It’s time to feel good about fast food!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 550 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 2001 by college friends Tony Shure and Colin McCabe, Chopt Creative Salad Company is the creator and leader of the premium salad segment, and has expanded from its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 446 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “What fuels Leon is the belief that food should taste good and do you good.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of fast casual restaurant chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name fast casual restaurant 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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Fast casual restaurant chains worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant chains are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant 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, 8,743 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 20, 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.
Fast casual restaurant chains by location
8 lists · largest firstEvery Fast casual restaurant chains list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in the United States650
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in Brazil98
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in Canada75
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in France72
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in the United Kingdom65
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in India46
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in Germany43
- Fast casual restaurant chains based in Saudi Arabia32
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 fast casual restaurant 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 fast casual restaurant chains are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 1,489 fast casual restaurant 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?
Subway, headquartered in Miami, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most fast casual restaurant chains?
The United States leads with 650 companies, followed by Brazil (98) and Canada (75). Every fast casual restaurant chains list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most fast casual restaurant chains?
New York leads with 28 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (23) and Miami (15).
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 8,743 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,489 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 20, 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 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.