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Top 11 Fast food companies based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 86 fast food companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,094 professional contacts across them, including 205 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers fast food companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
86Companies
4,094Contacts tracked
205Verified emails
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The 11 largest fast food companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 11 of 86 fast food companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to fast food 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000715 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Five Guys has been a Washington, DC area favourite since 1986 when Jerry and Janie Murrell offered sage advice to the four young Murrell brothers:"Start a business or go to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceSheffield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000117 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“QFM Group is one of the largest franchise companies in the UK.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00066 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Big Johns is a chain of quick service restaurants across the midlands.Everything we do at Big John's demonstrates our deep-seated foundation of values and illustrates our firm…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,00056 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ed’s Easy Diner has been hustling and bustling since it opened its doors in 1987 in Soho.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Strong evidenceEast Ham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20029 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Bim's is a powerful new brand with great differentiation in a dynamic fast-food sector.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Strong evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-50022 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Burger & Sauce is a fast-casual burger brand that aims to bring the freshness and quality back into fast food.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In 2011, partners Kaz & Wax combined their extensive knowledge of the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) market and innovative business practices to create a fresh concept in casual…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNewcastle Upon Tyne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Meat:Stack was created by three guys with over 30 years experience in the hospitality and events markets.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Burgers | fries | sundaes”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Strong evidenceBeaconsfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-5006 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Starboard Dining owns and operates Fast Food and Quick Service Restaurants as a part of the Starboard Group.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLiverpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Derek’s opened on 20th March 2021 during tier 3 lockdown, meaning we could only do takeaway at the time, which suited us well because it was like the hustle and bustle of New York…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Fast food companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
5.0%Verified-email coverage
47.6Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
30.2%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
43
11-50
21
51-200
6
201-500
4
501-1,000
4
1,001-5,000
4
5,001-10,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 86 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 fast food 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.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “fast food 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 fast food 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 fast food companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom 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, 205 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.

Fast food companies by metro

  • Fast food companies in London26

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 fast food 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 fast food companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 86 fast food companies headquartered in the United Kingdom 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?

Five Guys Europe, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most fast food companies?

London leads with 26 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (7) and Glasgow (3).

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 205 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 86 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.