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Top 25 Restaurant and bar operators based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,260 restaurant and bar operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 20,771 professional contacts across them, including 1,380 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers restaurant and bar operators 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 21, 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 restaurant and bar operators based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,182 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our story dates back to the 1800's, when millions of Longhorns roamed freely throughout Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 532 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Union Square Hospitality Group has created some of New York’s most beloved restaurants, cafes, and bars, which offer outstanding food delivered with our signature warmth and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 411 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Carolina Ale House is a hospitality company based out of 500 Glenwood Ave, Raleigh, NC, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 386 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With 10 properties and more than 800 employees, the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group (TKRG) has grown from one restaurant to a large family of businesses.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 379 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SHONEYS is a restaurants company based out of 226 S Pike W, Sumter, South Carolina, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 348 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Flanigan's was incorporated in Florida in 1959 and commenced operating as a chain of small cocktail lounges and package liquor stores throughout South Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 344 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 223 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ark Restaurants operates distinctively-designed dining establishments in New York City; Las Vegas; Washington, DC; Atlantic City; Alabama; and Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since first partnering in 2009, Chef Andrew Carmellini, Josh Pickard, and Luke Ostrom have opened a national portfolio of restaurants and culinary services at preeminent hotels…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 159 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Flagship Restaurant Group is a collection of restaurant and hospitality concepts created by lifelong industry professionals who believe dining out should always feel like an…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 156 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “An uncompromising commitment to quality, service, style, and cuisine.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 154 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1976, Saz’s Hospitality Group has been delivering "The Finest" in hospitality, dining, and unmatched service across Southeast Wisconsin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Grove, Inc.(TGI) is the destination for all your favorite brands, providing unrivaled service that nourishes people and communities in high volume locations across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 116 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “One Off Hospitality Group is the management company for avec, avec river north, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Publican Quality Bread, Big Star, Big Star Wrigley and West…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The acclaimed hospitality group, helmed by celebrated innovator Cedd Moses, has both established and elevated hospitality through its diverse collection of over twenty venues…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 105 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In Good Company Hospitality is committed to creating vibrant and unparalleled hospitality destinations – with venues in Manhattan, Queens and Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 76 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “It started in 1995.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 75 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Bar Louie is a national collection of neighborhood bars featuring hand-crafted cocktails and spirits, delectable food and an inviting atmosphere for people to enjoy time with…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “QED Hospitality is a restaurant operations management group, focused on running Food & Beverage operations in boutique hotels nationally.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AT SERG, WE ARE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING OUR GUESTS WITH QUALITY CUISINE, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND GENUINE HOSPITALITY AT EACH OF OUR AWARD-WINNING RESTAURANTS.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are The Pulpo Group, a collection of restaurants dedicated to upholding our promise of hospitality while elevating the guest and employee experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 59 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “PB & J Restaurant Group is a restaurant consulting, owning and management company that was founded in 1987 by Paul Khoury.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2012, Three Oaks Hospitality is a collection of community-driven restaurants and bars including: Steelbach, Ciro’s, M.Bird, Stones Throw, BAR AW, Butcher n’ Barbeque…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Hospitality group with a diverse portfolio of concepts including: FWD Day + Nightclub - Cleveland, OH SeeSaw Kitchen + Bar - Columbus, OH Garden City - Shaker Heights, OH Bell &…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 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: restaurant and bar operators. 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 bar operators.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of restaurant and bar operators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name restaurant and bar operators. 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 bar operators based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 21, 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 1,260 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 restaurant and bar operators, 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 “restaurant and bar operators”. 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 bar operators), 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 bar operators, 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, 1,380 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 bar operators by metro
- Restaurant and bar operators in New York67
- Restaurant and bar operators in Chicago29
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 bar operators, 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 bar operators are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,260 restaurant and bar operators 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?
Saltgrass Steak House, headquartered in Houston, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most restaurant and bar operators?
New York leads with 67 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (29) and Los Angeles (20).
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 1,380 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,260 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 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.
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