Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Restaurant and bar operators worldwide
RevenueBase identified 5,778 restaurant and bar operators worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 85,346 professional contacts across them, including 7,238 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Roma the largest hub.
This list covers restaurant and bar operators 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 21, 2026. Country and city lists for restaurant and bar operators 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 restaurant and bar operators worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,187 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1898, we're one of the largest operators of restaurants, pubs and bars in the UK, providing a wide choice of eating and drinking-out experiences through our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,136 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Api Restauration is a Hospitality company located in 384 Rue du Général de Gaulle, Mons-en-Barœul, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,395 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lanchonete Brasil is a food & beverages company based out of 14 Weintraubenstr, Köthen, Germany.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,327 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Loungers is led by CEO Nick Collins and backed by Lion Capital Private Equity and, as of April 2026, has over 310 sites.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,182 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our story dates back to the 1800's, when millions of Longhorns roamed freely throughout Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 804 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1993 by Peter Oliver and Michael Bonacini, Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality is now recognized as one of Canada’s leading restaurant and event groups.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 727 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Artcaffé is a vibrant and multifaceted brand encompassing three brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 640 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Revel Collective PLC is a leading operator of premium pubs and bars, with a strong national presence across the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 598 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We're The Restaurant Group (TRG for short) and we're one of the UK's biggest hospitality businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 542 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Trippas White Group (TWG) Established in 1990, Trippas White Group (TWG) stands as a distinctive force in Australia’s hospitality landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 532 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Union Square Hospitality Group has created some of New York’s most beloved restaurants, cafes, and bars, which offer outstanding food delivered with our signature warmth and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 499 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KSG is a specialist restaurant and hospitality services company and our mission is to deliver excellence in food and service to enhance the daily culinary experiences of our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 482 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At D&D London we are passionate about all things food and drink.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carolina Ale House is a hospitality company based out of 500 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 390 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EL & N Group is redefining the experiential food & drink landscape.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 386 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With 10 properties and more than 800 employees, the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group (TKRG) has grown from one restaurant to a large family of businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 379 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SHONEYS is a restaurants company based out of 226 S Pike W, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 369 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Aspire Katara Hospitality (AKH) specializes in the field of hospitality and leisure.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 352 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are moment makers; experience creators and boundary breakers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Flanigan's was incorporated in Florida in 1959 and commenced operating as a chain of small cocktail lounges and package liquor stores throughout South Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Imperial Group is a leader in conceptualizing, developing and operating one of the best group of restaurants in the region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 344 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The name Wolfgang Puck is synonymous with the best of restaurant hospitality and the ultimate in all aspects of the culinary arts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 320 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Eclective, Ireland's leading hospitality company are a diverse group of brilliant people and places, passionate about creating exceptional experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “KOI Café is a restaurants company based out of #02-K3B Mall, Singapore, Singapore.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 251 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MMC Group was established in 1996 under the visionary leadership of Meshari Al Roudan; embracing a forward-thinking approach with innovation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: restaurant and bar operators. 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 restaurant and bar operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of restaurant and bar operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name restaurant and bar operators. 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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Restaurant and bar operators worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 restaurant and bar operators, 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 restaurant and bar operators are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “restaurant and bar operators”. 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 restaurant and bar operators), 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 restaurant and bar operators, 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, 7,238 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 21, 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.
Restaurant and bar operators by location
10 lists · largest firstEvery Restaurant and bar operators list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Restaurant and bar operators based in the United States1,260
- Restaurant and bar operators based in the United Kingdom387
- Restaurant and bar operators based in Australia228
- Restaurant and bar operators based in France217
- Restaurant and bar operators based in the Netherlands198
- Restaurant and bar operators based in Canada167
- Restaurant and bar operators based in India144
- Restaurant and bar operators based in Germany143
- Restaurant and bar operators based in Spain95
- Restaurant and bar operators based in Ireland46
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 restaurant and bar operators, 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 restaurant and bar operators are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 5,778 restaurant and bar operators 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?
Mitchells & Butlers PLC, headquartered in Birmingham, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most restaurant and bar operators?
The United States leads with 1,260 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (387) and Australia (228). Every restaurant and bar operators list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most restaurant and bar operators?
Roma leads with 206 headquartered companies, followed by Milano Mi (122) and London (95).
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 7,238 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 5,778 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 21, 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.