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Top 25 Caterers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 6,089 caterers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 65,214 professional contacts across them, including 8,551 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers caterers headquartered in the United States, 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 19, 2026.
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 caterers based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,367 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,859 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Guckenheimer is on a mission to create memorable food experiences that inspire connection and nourish the changemakers of today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,091 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1990, SAGE Dining Services® is the nation's leading provider of campus dining and upscale catering services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 922 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Parkhurst Dining is a food service company dedicated to creating personal relationships and authentic culinary experiences for corporations and private higher education…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 691 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Wolfgang Puck Catering, we are dedicated to sharing our passion for culinary innovation, uncompromising quality and genuine hospitality with our clients and guests.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 600 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “With over 30 years of experience in corporate, social and wedding catering, and event planning, Catering by Design is your go-to caterer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 418 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1890, Lessing’s Hospitality Group is one of the oldest family-owned hospitality companies in the U.S, now entering its sixth generation of leadership.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 416 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Great Lakes Food & Beverage Leader Founded in 1989, Continental has grown from an office coffee and vending specialist to consistently ranking as one of the top events and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 394 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Great Performances, NYC’s premier catering and events company, is a dynamic and influential leader in the food and events industry, known for its dedication to social…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 360 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fatz Southern Kitchen is the catering division of Fatz Cafe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 344 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 332 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Specializing in sensational culinary creations in off premise catering, food service management and unique specialty brand concepts, Proof of the Pudding is an innovative, upscale…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 327 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “DLS Events is a food and beverage company servicing a wide range of clients including concert venues, music festivals, intimate catered dinners, and large sit-down charity events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 306 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Southern Foodservice Management provides onsite dining, catering and vending services to business & industry, education and government clients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 298 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1989 The Party Staff Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Café Services, bringing business diners creative, satisfying meals and distinctive service is more than just a mission.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our creative.fresh.delicious menus and event designs are customized just for you.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Constellations are made of connections.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Royal Catering, our job is to make your job easier while elevating the office catering experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 237 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mazzone Hospitality offers world-class, full service catering, with over 45+ years of experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 211 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Blue Plate was founded in 1983 by Jim Horan, a social worker who spent his weekends cooking for friends’ parties - driven by a passion for bringing people together through food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 201 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Greek House Chefs is the industry leader in custom food service for Fraternities and Sororities across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 198 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1987, Windows Catering has been the premier partner for elevated dining and flawless event experiences in the Washington D.C.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For 75 years, The RK Group represents a history of hospitality and catering excellence whose interests and passions remain focused on customer service and outstanding events.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: caterers. 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 caterers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of caterers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name caterers. 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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Caterers based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 6,089 companies.
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 caterers, 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “caterers”. 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 caterers), 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 caterers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 8,551 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 19, 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.
Caterers by metro
- Caterers in New York220
- Caterers in Los Angeles110
- Caterers in Chicago106
- Caterers in Houston93
- Caterers in Atlanta82
- Caterers in San Francisco81
- Caterers in San Diego75
- Caterers in Miami73
- Caterers in Austin62
- Caterers in Dallas61
- Caterers in Philadelphia58
- Caterers in Orlando47
- Caterers in Phoenix41
- Caterers in Denver40
- Caterers in Minneapolis40
- Caterers in Washington40
- Caterers in Charlotte38
- Caterers in Tampa38
- Caterers in Seattle37
- Caterers in Las Vegas36
- Caterers in San Antonio35
- Caterers in Boston34
- Caterers in Portland34
- Caterers in Nashville33
- Caterers in Pittsburgh33
- Caterers in Oakland29
- Caterers in Kansas City27
- Caterers in Brooklyn26
- Caterers in Scottsdale26
- Caterers in Columbus25
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 caterers, 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 caterers are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 6,089 caterers headquartered in the United States 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?
Restaurant Associates, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most caterers?
New York leads with 220 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (110) and Chicago (106).
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 8,551 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 6,089 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 19, 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.