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Top 25 Chili restaurants based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,747 chili restaurants headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 26,948 professional contacts across them, including 1,063 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers chili restaurants 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 chili restaurants based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,287 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1980 the first American El Pollo Loco opened on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, quickly becoming a destination for the best citrus-marinated, fire-grilled pollo in town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,634 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1982 in Austin, Texas, Chuy's serves authentic Tex-Mex food in an eclectic atmosphere full of color and personality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,329 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “People travel to San Antonio thinking, “Remember the Alamo” and leave saying “Remember the great Mexican food?” So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Taco Cabana got its start…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 1,281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is the best Mexican food on the planet, we kid you not.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,208 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Story of Skyline Chili.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 862 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The "Anything Goes" approach to food, wall art, hot sauce & life in general.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 475 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1974, Taco Casa is not just a restaurant; it's a Tuscaloosa institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen is a family of full-service Mexican restaurants around the greater Houston area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 284 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Taco Mama delivers fresh Mexican fare.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 260 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Gold Star, we’ve been serving our guests delicious Cincinnati-style Chili since 1965 when the Daoud brothers bought a restaurant in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 246 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1990, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill has been making all your Mexican favorites the way you like them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 240 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For the best Southeastern Mexican zest, your first and only stop must be La Parrilla Mexican Restaurant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willy’s was founded in 1995 as a result of Willy Bitter’s passion for exceptional Mexican food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 151 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a quick-casual restaurant with more than 70 locations in Southern California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Viva Chicken is a Peruvian Rotisserie Joint specializing in Pollo a la Brasa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Garces, we are a family of proud, passionate professionals who collaborate to tell a story.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Tin Lizzy’s Cantina is an Atlanta-based Taqueria concept specializing in fun, friends and unique “FlexMex” cuisine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Gloria’s Latin Cuisine, it’s always been about fresh ingredients, creative recipes and a commitment to our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We're not authentic.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 79 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Sharky's, we serve fresh, feel-good Mexican-inspired food, focusing on quality ingredients like organic greens, responsibly sourced proteins, and made-from-scratch salsas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fajita Pete's is a popular Tex-Mex restaurant chain that offers a variety of delicious dishes that are sure to satisfy your cravings.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Miguel’s Restaurants boasts 22 quick-service and one full-service location spanning the Inland Empire and Orange County.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 72 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 71 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since the first Ted’s Café Escondido restaurant opened in 1991, we have stayed true to our founding principles, without compromise.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since its’ founding in Austin, TX, Z’Tejas southwestern grill in Texas and Arizona has been serving Southwestern cuisine with bold, flavorful twists.” 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: chili 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 chili restaurants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of chili restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name chili 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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Chili restaurants 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 1,747 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 chili 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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “chili 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 chili 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 chili restaurants, 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, 1,063 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.
Chili restaurants by metro
- Chili restaurants in New York40
- Chili restaurants in Chicago30
- Chili restaurants in Los Angeles29
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 chili 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 chili restaurants are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,747 chili restaurants 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?
EL Pollo Loco, INC, headquartered in Costa Mesa, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most chili restaurants?
New York leads with 40 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (30) and Los Angeles (29).
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 1,063 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,747 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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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.
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