Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Restaurant and dining companies worldwide

Name: Restaurant and dining companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 13,464 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 13,464 restaurant and dining companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 416,966 professional contacts across them, including 33,335 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Roma the largest hub.

This list covers restaurant and dining companies 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 dining companies 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 21, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

13,464Companies

416,966Contacts tracked

33,335Verified emails

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The 25 largest restaurant and dining companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 13,464 restaurant and dining companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to restaurant and dining companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Applebee's Neighborhood Grill BAR	Indirect evidence	Pasadena, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	26,222 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “There's a lot to love about Applebee's!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Olive Garden	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	20,756 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1982, Olive Garden is owned by Darden Restaurants, Inc.(NYSE:DRI), the world's largest company-owned and operated full-service restaurant company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Denny's	Indirect evidence	Spartanburg, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	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 21, 2026
4	Jollibee Group	Partial evidence	Pasig National, PhilippinesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	13,745 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE: JFC)(the "Company") is one of the world’s fastest-growing restaurant companies, driven by its purpose of spreading joy through superior taste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Cracker Barrel	Indirect evidence	Lebanon, TN, IndiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	10,915 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cracker Barrel is a vibrant business grounded in a clear belief - the goodness of country hospitality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Darden	Strong evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	9,308 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Darden’s family of restaurants features some of the most recognizable and successful brands in full-service dining, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Ruth's Chris…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Americana Restaurants	Partial evidence	Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	7,837 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Americana Restaurants is the largest restaurant operator in the MENA region and Kazakhstan in terms of number of restaurants in its countries of operations.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	Mitchells & Butlers PLC	Partial evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	7,187 contacts →
	Partial 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, 2026
9	ALSEA	Partial evidence	Ciudad De México, MexicoHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	4,738 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Alsea es el operador de restaurantes líder en América Latina y Europa, con marcas de reconocimiento global dentro de los segmentos de Comida rápida, Cafeterías y Restaurantes de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Grupo Habib's	Indirect evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	3,756 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Nos conectamos com pessoas, por meio de histórias vividas e servidas à mesa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	Amrest	Partial evidence	Madryt, SpainHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	3,714 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We create the restaurant business and we would like to invite you to our kitchen.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Earls Kitchen BAR	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,521 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Earls Kitchen + Bar is a family-run business, launched by father and son, Leroy Earl “Bus” Fuller and Stanley Earl Fuller in the early ‘80s and is also one of North America’s most…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	API Restauration	Partial evidence	Mons En Baroeul, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	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, 2026
14	BON Appétit Management Company	Partial evidence	Redwood City, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	2,859 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company offering full food-service management to corporations, universities, and specialty venues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Cactus Club Cafe	Indirect evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,310 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “People are our competitive advantage; we hire and retain the best.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Joey Restaurant Group	Partial evidence	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,208 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JOEY Restaurants exists to unleash the full potential of our people, our craft, and the experiences we create for our guests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	CEC Entertainment	Partial evidence	Irving, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,971 contacts →
	Partial evidence “For over 40 years, CEC Entertainment has proudly served as the nationally recognized leader in family dining/entertainment and the place Where A Kid Can Be A Kid®.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Maggiano's Little Italy	Partial evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,892 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Even with excellent people, you cannot build the best restaurant company overnight.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Pappas Restaurants, INC	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,863 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Pappas Restaurants is one of the largest family-owned and operated restaurant groups in the country, serving thoughtful, high-quality food across beloved concepts such as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	Lettuce Entertain YOU Restaurants	Partial evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,793 contacts →
	Partial evidence “What has made Lettuce Entertain You a nationally-recognized restaurant company?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Independent Food Company	Indirect evidence	Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,731 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Driven to create unique home-grown food concepts that bring people together, the Independent Food Company is a UAE/KSA-based hospitality company with multiple concepts under its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	TAO Group Hospitality	Partial evidence	Las Vegas, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,691 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tao Group Hospitality delivers distinctive culinary and premium entertainment experiences through its portfolio of restaurants, nightclubs, lounges, and daylife venues.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	Grupo Vips	Indirect evidence	Madrid, SpainHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	1,623 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Grupo Vips, fundado en 1969, es uno de los grupos multimarca y multiformato líderes del sector de la hostelería en España.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	Pt. Sarimelati Kencana TBK	Indirect evidence	South Jakarta Jakarta, IndonesiaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,466 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “PT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	LC Restaurantes	Indirect evidence	Sao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,439 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A empresa com sede em São Paulo nasceu em 1989 de uma parceria com o Grupo Pão de Açúcar, e atualmente possui mais de 250 unidades em todo país, oferecendo uma alimentação…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

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 dining companies. 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 dining companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of restaurant and dining companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name restaurant and dining companies. 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 dining companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

8.0%Verified-email coverage

31.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

2.3%Largest-city concentration · Roma

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

4,063

11-50

5,014

51-200

2,096

201-500

1,121

501-1,000

497

1,001-5,000

409

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 dining companies, 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 dining companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “restaurant and dining companies”. 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 dining companies), 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 dining companies, 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, 33,335 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 dining companies by location

45 lists · largest first

Every Restaurant and dining companies 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 restaurant and dining companies, 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 dining companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 13,464 restaurant and dining companies 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?

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill BAR, headquartered in Pasadena, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most restaurant and dining companies?

The United States leads with 3,107 companies, followed by Italy (2,390) and the United Kingdom (644). Every restaurant and dining companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most restaurant and dining companies?

Roma leads with 303 headquartered companies, followed by London (207) and Milano Mi (194).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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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.