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Top 25 Restaurant and food service companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 4,010 company matches for restaurant and food service companies associated with the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 332,946 professional contacts across them, including 37,178 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for restaurant and food service companies associated with the United States, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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 RevenueBase SmartSearch · Exact Recorded Sep 21, 2026 How this list was built
4,010Companies
332,946Contacts tracked
37,178Verified emails
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The 25 largest restaurant and food service companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 4,010 company matches for restaurant and food service companies based in the United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 21, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchPhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+41,295 contacts →

Exact match

“Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the world’s leading educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, world champion sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic…”

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2Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+26,405 contacts →

Exact match

“Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food and related products to customers who prepare meals away from home.”

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3Exact matchDallas, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+19,478 contacts →

Exact match

“Chili's opened as a fun Dallas burger joint with a loyalty to happy hour and blue jeans.”

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4Exact matchNorcross, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+18,141 contacts →

Exact match

“Waffle House restaurants have been serving Good Food Fast® since 1955.”

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5Exact matchSpartanburg, SC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+17,175 contacts →

Exact match

“We're America's Diner and we love to feed people - body, mind and soul.”

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6Exact matchPlano, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+13,864 contacts →

Exact match

“KFC Corporation, based in Plano, Texas, is one of the few brands in America that can boast about having a rich, 60-year history of success and innovation.”

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7Exact matchNew York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20261,001-5,00010,367 contacts →

Exact match

“Restaurant Associates is a chef-driven hospitality company known for elevating culinary and brand experiences for our clients and guests across the country.”

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8Exact matchChicago, IL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+9,477 contacts →

Exact match

“Discover the Levy Difference Passion is a great gift, and we have a lot of gifted people.”

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9Exact matchGrand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+9,445 contacts →

Exact match

“We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food service distributor in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897-being passionately…”

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10Exact matchOrlando, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+9,308 contacts →

Exact match

“Darden’s family of restaurants features some of the most recognizable and successful brands in full-service dining, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Yard House, Ruth's Chris…”

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11Exact matchRaleigh, NC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0004,374 contacts →

Exact match

“The right place.”

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12Exact matchRedwood City, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+2,859 contacts →

Exact match

“Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company offering full food-service management to corporations, universities, and specialty venues.”

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13Exact matchWarren, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0002,619 contacts →

Exact match

“AVI Foodsystems, Inc.”

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14Exact matchOrlando, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0002,094 contacts →

Exact match

“The first Miller’s Ale House opened in 1988 in Jupiter, FL, based on a ‘come as you are’ environment that quickly became known for its freshly-made food, unmatched value…”

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15Exact matchIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0002,044 contacts →

Exact match

“Ventura Foods is a leading foodservice company that excels in providing food solutions that exceed customers’ expectations for great-tasting flavors and high-quality ingredients.”

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16Exact matchCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0002,042 contacts →

Exact match

“Canteen brings breaktime to everyone.”

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17Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+1,863 contacts →

Exact match

“Pappas Restaurants is one of the largest family-owned and operated restaurant groups in the country, serving thoughtful, high-quality food across beloved concepts such as…”

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18Exact matchLititz, PA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0001,850 contacts →

Exact match

“Since WebstaurantStore's start in 2004, we have worked hard to build an innovative, easy-to-use website that meets the purchasing needs of foodservice professionals throughout the…”

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19Exact matchIrvine, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20265,001-10,0001,574 contacts →

Exact match

“At Golden State Foods, we’re proud to be one of the largest diversified suppliers in the foodservice industry.”

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20Exact matchFort Worth, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,474 contacts →

Exact match

“Ben E.”

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21Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026n/a1,375 contacts →

Exact match

“Nation's Restaurant News is the #1 source of business intelligence for the foodservice industry.”

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22Exact matchIndependence, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+1,332 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded by Greg Flynn in Flynn Group has grown from a small Applebee's operator and developer in Washington State into the world's largest franchise operator and one of the 20…”

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23Exact matchDublin, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,273 contacts →

Exact match

“The SYGMA Network is dedicated to helping our customers succeed by exclusively offering our products and services to chain restaurants across the United States.”

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24Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 20261,001-5,0001,255 contacts →

Exact match

“Luby's Restaurant Corporation”

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25Exact matchBoston, MA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 202610001+1,250 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 2001, Unidine exclusively provides food and dining management services across the country for senior living facilities, community hospitals, behavioral health clients…”

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Restaurant and food service companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026
11.2%Verified-email coverage
83.0Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
3.6%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,418
11-50
1,498
51-200
486
201-500
253
501-1,000
119
1,001-5,000
125
5,001-10,000
28
10001+
47

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 4,010 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with the United States whose business descriptions match “restaurant and food service companies” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 37,178 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “restaurant and food service companies”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many restaurant and food service companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 4,010 company matches for restaurant and food service companies associated with the United States as of September 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Aramark tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most restaurant and food service companies?

New York leads with 145 company records, followed by Chicago (81) and Houston (62).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 37,178 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 4,010 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

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 SmartSearch, 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.