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Top 25 Restaurant chains based in India
RevenueBase identified 436 restaurant chains headquartered in India as of September 2026 and tracks 19,561 professional contacts across them, including 1,680 with verified work emails. Mumbai is the largest hub.
This list covers restaurant chains headquartered in India, 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 restaurant chains based in India
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,755 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Devyani International Limited (DIL), among the most trusted Chain Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) operators in the country, is the largest franchisee for Yum Brands (KFC & Pizza…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,367 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 2015, we have established ourselves as one of the largest players in the booming Quick Service Restaurant sector through our 800+ KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurants…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,141 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lite Bite Foods, India’s largest and most dynamic food and beverage retail company, with 21 owned and 9 managed brands under its umbrella.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 637 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Regarded as ‘the Prince of Indian cuisine’, Zorawar Kalra, after the successful exit from his maiden venture credited with introducing one of the most awarded regional cuisine…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 557 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Restaurant Brands Asia Limited (RBA) is one of South Asia’s leading quick service restaurant (QSR) operators.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 496 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lenexis Foodworks is one of India’s fastest growing QSR companies, focused on bringing quality, hygienic, and affordable food experiences to consumers across the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 372 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “JSM Corporation is a leading international restaurant group, established in 2005 with a vision to become one of the most reputed names in global hospitality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 313 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our humble beginnings trace back to the pre-independence era when Mr Satish Chona started his entrepreneurial journey in Karachi (then part of India).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 311 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chai Sutta Bar is India's leading QSR brand, with more than 550 outlets in 300+ cities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 280 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Impresario Handmade Restaurants we believe that food is at the center of some of the most serendipitous moments of life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 262 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded by Kabir Jeet Singh, in Nov'14, Burger Singh is India’s largest homegrown burger chain, blending bold Indian flavours with the classic burger experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 262 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “First Fiddle Restaurants, formerly known as The Lazeez Affaire Group, was conceived in the year by Priyank Sukhija and Y.P.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 241 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Beer Café has successfully revolutionized the beer culture as we know it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 190 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bastian Hospitality Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 186 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Thalappakatti Hotels Private Limited’s (Dindigul Thalappakatti Restaurant) roots can be traced all the way back to 1957.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KA's mission started with bringing in world class dining experiences to India and indulge the discerning Indian in international standards of cuisines and hospitality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “India's Highest Rated Burger Brand” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Café Delhi Heights is a quirky hangout which allures with its buzzing ambience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 98 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Sandoz laid the stone of its foundation in the year 1950 and since then, has become one of the fastest-growing hospitality businesses across India.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 94 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Charcoal Eats was born to break a myth that held Indian cuisine back for decades-that it can’t be served at scale.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The original fast-food brand of India launched in 1977, introduced Delhiites to its iconic Ice Creams, Shakes, Burgers, Pizzas and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Billionsmiles Hospitality Pvt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pasta Street is a chain of Italian restaurant that was born from an idea by our Italian founder, Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 82 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A collection of distinctive brands, each defined by a regions cuisine, culture and journey.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 81 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our story starts with a little kid who just loved hanging out in the kitchen, watching people cook up tasty masalas.” 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: restaurant chains. 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 chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of restaurant chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name restaurant chains. 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 chains based in India at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for India, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for India, over 436 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 chains, 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 India whose own description of what they do matches “restaurant chains”. 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 chains), 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 chains, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside India 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, 1,680 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.
Restaurant chains by metro
- Restaurant chains in Mumbai46
- Restaurant chains in New Delhi33
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 chains, 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 chains are there based in India?
RevenueBase identified 436 restaurant chains headquartered in India 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?
Devyani International Limited, headquartered in Gurgaon, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most restaurant chains?
Mumbai leads with 46 headquartered companies, followed by New Delhi (33) and Bangalore (23).
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 1,680 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 436 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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