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Top 25 Restaurant and food service companies worldwide

Name: Restaurant and food service companies worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 18,073 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 18,073 restaurant and food service companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 805,125 professional contacts across them, including 79,699 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Roma the largest hub.

This list covers restaurant and food service 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 food service 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

18,073Companies

805,125Contacts tracked

79,699Verified emails

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The 25 largest restaurant and food service companies worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 18,073 restaurant and food service 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 food service 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	Aramark	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	41,295 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the world’s leading educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, world champion sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	Compass Group	Partial evidence	Chertsey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	39,519 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Compass Group is a global leader in food services operating in over 25 countries with around employees worldwide and generating underlying revenues of over $46 billion for the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	TIM Hortons	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	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 21, 2026
4	SYSCO	Partial evidence	Houston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	26,405 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	Chili's	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	19,478 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Chili's opened as a fun Dallas burger joint with a loyalty to happy hour and blue jeans.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Waffle House, INC	Strong evidence	Norcross, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	18,141 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Waffle House restaurants have been serving Good Food Fast® since 1955.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	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
8	KFC US	Indirect evidence	Plano, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	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 21, 2026
9	Jollibee Group	Strong evidence	Pasig National, PhilippinesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	13,745 contacts →
	Strong 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
10	Restaurant Associates	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	10,367 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Restaurant Associates is a chef-driven hospitality company known for elevating culinary and brand experiences for our clients and guests across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	ELIOR	Indirect evidence	Paris - La Défense, FranceHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	10,040 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Elior is today one of the global leaders in catering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Levy Restaurants	Indirect evidence	Chicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	9,477 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Discover the Levy Difference Passion is a great gift, and we have a lot of gifted people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Gordon Food Service	Partial evidence	Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	9,445 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food service distributor in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897-being passionately…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Darden	Partial evidence	Orlando, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	9,308 contacts →
	Partial 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
15	GRSA	Indirect evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	8,231 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GRSA - Soluções em Alimentação e em Serviços de Suporte Oferecer soluções de alimentação saudáveis e equilibradas, com os mais altos padrões de qualidade e de Acordo com as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	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
17	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
18	Sapore S.A	Indirect evidence	Campinas, BrazilHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	6,756 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fundada em 1992, a Sapore é uma multinacional genuinamente brasileira, que atua com serviços de alimentação e facilities nos mais variados segmentos, como corporativo, saúde…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	Restaurant Brands International	Partial evidence	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	5,420 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Restaurant Brands International Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	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
21	A&w Food Services Of Canada INC	Indirect evidence	North Vancouver, CanadaHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	n/a	4,440 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Build your career with a fast-growing, Canadian-owned company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	Golden Corral Corporation	Indirect evidence	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	4,374 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The right place.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	DO & CO AG	Indirect evidence	Vienna, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	10001+	3,791 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “DO & CO The Gourmet Entertainment Company – A passion for hospitality Culinary delights on every banquet floor and in the sky: As a listed Austrian company with the three business…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	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
25	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

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 food service 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 food service companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of restaurant and food service 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 food service 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 food service companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

9.9%Verified-email coverage

44.5Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

1.9%Largest-city concentration · Roma

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

6,083

11-50

6,667

51-200

2,538

201-500

1,205

501-1,000

570

1,001-5,000

561

5,001-10,000

119

10001+

145

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 food service 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 food service companies are linked below.
What qualifies: Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “restaurant and food service 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 food service 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 food service 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, 79,699 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 food service companies by location

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Every Restaurant and food service 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 food service 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 food service companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 18,073 restaurant and food service 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?

Aramark, headquartered in Philadelphia, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most restaurant and food service companies?

The United States leads with 4,010 companies, followed by Italy (2,996) and Brazil (1,129). Every restaurant and food service companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most restaurant and food service companies?

Roma leads with 351 headquartered companies, followed by Milano Mi (216) and London (200).

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.