Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Independent restaurants worldwide
RevenueBase identified 635 independent restaurants worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 11,885 professional contacts across them, including 1,943 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers independent restaurants 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 independent restaurants 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 independent restaurants worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,793 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “What has made Lettuce Entertain You a nationally-recognized restaurant company?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 762 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “STARR Restaurants is one of the nation’s leading independent, multi-concept restaurant groups, led by visionary restaurateur Stephen Starr, recipient of Bon Appétit’s and Zagat’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 727 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Artcaffé is a vibrant and multifaceted brand encompassing three brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 625 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Thomas Franks is a family-owned catering partner with a global reputation for serving exceptional food made from locally sourced produce.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 474 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1989 with the iconic Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse on Rush Street, Gibsons Restaurant Group has been dedicated to providing unmatched hospitality, quality, and value to its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 318 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Dion’s we provide great food and a place for people to relax and connect with family and friends.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 255 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hai Hospitality is a restaurant group based in Austin, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 249 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1969, we’ve believed that experience is everything-from greeting to ambiance to flavors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ark Restaurants operates distinctively-designed dining establishments in New York City; Las Vegas; Washington, DC; Atlantic City; Alabama; and Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 208 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “After fifteen years of experience in operating restaurants, our founders have started Kuzama(formerly lavender flavor) in 2013.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “About Newport Restaurant Group We are a collection of unique restaurants and experiences, guided by a group of individuals in the front and back of house, who bring it everyday.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An uncompromising commitment to quality, service, style, and cuisine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Harvest Seasonal Grill and Wine Bar was born of a desire to create a dining experience that focused on sustainable, health-conscious, and locally-sourced cuisine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 119 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1979, Elephants Delicatessen has proudly served our community as Portland's premier catering company and specialty foods retailer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 112 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Envie de rejoindre les taverniers?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Maggie McFly's®, owned and operated by sole-proprietor, Ray Harper, believes not only in providing an all around exceptional dining and beverage experience, but in playing a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Galvin Restaurants is a family run collection of restaurants founded in 2005 by Michelin-starred chef brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Neighborhood Restaurant Group was founded in 1997.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “15 restauranter.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Friendly Toast serves up creative meals in a truly unique atmosphere and offers a fun and exciting dining experience morning, noon and night.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Guest driven.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Coude à coude, coeur à coeur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Big Red F is a family of independent restaurants rooted in community, hospitality, and a love for food that brings people together.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Our family of restaurants and event spaces, like many families, is diverse in taste, style & personality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Broadway Restaurant Group is a collective of five community-focused restaurants in South Boston that pride themselves on genuine hospitality paired with fantastic food, and…” 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: independent restaurants. 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 independent restaurants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent restaurants. 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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Independent restaurants 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 independent restaurants, 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 independent restaurants are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “independent restaurants”. 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 independent restaurants), 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 independent restaurants, 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, 1,943 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.
Independent restaurants by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Independent restaurants list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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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 independent restaurants, 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 independent restaurants are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 635 independent restaurants 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?
Lettuce Entertain YOU Restaurants, headquartered in Chicago, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most independent restaurants?
The United States leads with 290 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (67). Every independent restaurants list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most independent restaurants?
London leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by New York (6) and San Francisco (6).
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 1,943 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 635 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.