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Top 25 Fried fish restaurants based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 511 fried fish restaurants headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 25,493 professional contacts across them, including 1,461 with verified work emails. Chicago is the largest hub.
This list covers fried fish 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 20, 2026.
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The 25 largest fried fish restaurants based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,912 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With over employees and more than 500 restaurants in the United States and Canada, Red Lobster is the world’s largest seafood restaurant company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 2,881 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Captain D's Seafood Restaurant has always been your go-to destination for affordable seafood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,930 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 50 years, Long John Silver’s has been serving up golden, crispy seafood and creating treasured moments for families worldwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 727 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Legal Sea Foods began in 1950 as a fish market in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 390 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Taking the bait from their fathers, who started building restaurants together in 1945, King’s Seafood Company is the house that seafood built by co-founders – and cousins – Sam…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 352 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Boiling Crab is a casual, family-friendly restaurant specializing in Louisiana-style Cajun seafood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 272 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hook & Reel is the fastest growing Cajun seafood restaurant concept taking over the US!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 250 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fish City Grill is a neighborhood joint serving fresh seafood in a comfortable setting.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At California Fish Grill, the ocean is our backyard and a huge part of who we are.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen shows off its New Orleans heritage with authentic spicy & mild fried chicken, chicken tenders, seafood and signature sides like red beans and rice.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our passion is to combine delicious seafood with your family and friends in a fun, sometimes loud, and always very casual environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Half Shell Oyster House is a concept that was brought to life in 2009 in the historic Kremer building located in downtown Gulfport, Miss.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Rockfish Seafood Grill is a casual, neighborhood restaurant company based in Dallas, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 100 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “They say imitation is flattery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 95 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Celebrating over 20 years in business, Bluewater Grill was established in Newport Beach, California in 1996, by partners Rick Staunton and Jim Ulcickas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 80 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Serving Only the Best in Seafood Spicy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Shaggy's Restaurants is a family-friendly restaurant group serving quality cuisine and loads of fun.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 1976, a sport fisherman, business partner, boat captain, and gourmet chef joined forces to open The Fish Market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “LA’s seafood destination since 1989” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Duke’s Chowder House: Dedicated to bringing its customers the best every day, Duke’s Chowder House has six locations throughout the Puget Sound region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Perched on an oceanside bluff, Sam’s in Half Moon Bay has become a favorite destination in the greater Bay Area for stunning sunsets and family-friendly dining.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “If you are looking for a terrific Florida seafood restaurant, family dining, reasonable prices, you've found the place!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 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: fried fish 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 fried fish restaurants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of fried fish restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name fried fish 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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Fried fish restaurants based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 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 511 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 fried fish 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 “fried fish 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 fried fish 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 fried fish 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, 1,461 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 20, 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.
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 fried fish 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 fried fish restaurants are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 511 fried fish 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?
RED Lobster, headquartered in Orlando, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most fried fish restaurants?
Chicago leads with 12 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (8) and New York (6).
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 1,461 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 511 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 20, 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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