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Top 25 Southern restaurants based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 2,049 company matches for southern restaurants associated with the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 122,511 professional contacts across them, including 5,871 with verified work emails. Atlanta is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for southern restaurants 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 19, 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.

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122,511Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest southern restaurants based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,049 company matches for southern restaurants based in the United States, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 19, 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.
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1Exact matchMiami, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+17,539 contacts →

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“Founded in New Orleans in 1972, POPEYES® has more than 45 years of history and culinary tradition.”

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2Exact matchSpartanburg, SC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+17,175 contacts →

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

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3Exact matchAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026n/a7,258 contacts →

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“Founded in 1990, Zaxbys® is committed to serving delicious Chicken Fingerz™, Zalads®, wings, and signature sauces with Southern hospitality and a modern twist.”

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4Exact matchCharlotte, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+6,722 contacts →

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“Founded in 1977 in Charlotte, Bojangles, Inc.”

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5Exact matchAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0003,641 contacts →

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“Founded in San Antonio, Texas, in 1952, Church's Texas Chicken® and Texas Chicken® is a globally recognized brand in the Quick Service Restaurant industry and one of the largest…”

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6Exact matchDallas, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,746 contacts →

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“Pollo Campero started in Guatemala with a prized chicken recipe that has been delighting friends & families since 1971.”

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7Exact matchSandy Springs, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026501-1,0002,506 contacts →

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“Bringing friends and family together over delicious food served from the heart.”

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8Exact matchNew York, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,948 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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9Exact matchLouisville, KY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,930 contacts →

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“For over 50 years, Long John Silver’s has been serving up golden, crispy seafood and creating treasured moments for families worldwide.”

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10Exact matchDallas, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,892 contacts →

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“Even with excellent people, you cannot build the best restaurant company overnight.”

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11Exact matchHomewood, AL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,599 contacts →

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“In 1960, Jack’s fired up its very first grill in Homewood, Alabama.”

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12Exact matchAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,542 contacts →

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“Chicken Salad Chick, the nation’s only southern-inspired, fast-casual chicken salad restaurant concept, was founded in 2008 in Auburn, Alabama by Stacy and Kevin Brown.”

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13Exact matchHopkins, MN, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026501-1,0001,509 contacts →

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“Famous Dave’s of America, Inc.”

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14Exact matchNew Albany, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 202610001+1,467 contacts →

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“Rooted in the agricultural heritage of founder Bob Evans, whose humble Farmhouse Kitchen laid the foundation for our restaurants over 70 years ago, Bob Evans continues to embody…”

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15Exact matchDunwoody, GA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,398 contacts →

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“It was on October 24, 1932, when the nation’s first Krystal restaurant opened its doors on the corner of Seventh and Cherry Streets in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee amid the…”

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16Exact matchNewport Beach, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,350 contacts →

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“Lazy Dog Restaurants serves made-from-scratch American food and drink with seasonally inspired ingredients.”

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17Exact matchFayetteville, AR, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026501-1,0001,319 contacts →

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“Our roots run deep in the Delta where the food is honest, meals are social, and the door is always open.”

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18Exact matchFranklin, TN, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,265 contacts →

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“About CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc.”

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19Exact matchHouston, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,255 contacts →

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“Luby's Restaurant Corporation”

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20Exact matchWinter Park, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,178 contacts →

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“With nearly 100 locations throughout the southeast, Sonny’s BBQ® is one of the largest and most popular barbecue restaurant companies in the country.”

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21Exact matchBirmingham, AL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000882 contacts →

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“Jim ‘N Nick’s started cooking pork “low and slow” in 1985 when Nick, along with his dad Jim, reclaimed an old pizza parlour on Clairmont Avenue in Birmingham, AL where they opened…”

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22Exact matchSan Antonio, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000766 contacts →

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“Bill Miller Bar-B-Q is a family restaurant In 1950, on a $500 loan from his father, Bill Miller opened a small poultry and egg business.”

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23Exact matchSouthlake, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000684 contacts →

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“Cotton Patch Cafe was born in Nacogdoches, TX in 1989.”

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24Exact matchOrlando, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 2026501-1,000662 contacts →

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“Established in 1996, Another Broken Egg isn't your typical breakfast, brunch and lunch place.”

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25Exact matchGreensboro, NC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000617 contacts →

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“For over 50 years, Biscuitville has been a local, family-owned company known for serving up authentic Southern breakfast food made fresh daily from locally sourced ingredients.”

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Southern restaurants based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
4.8%Verified-email coverage
59.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.4%Largest-city concentration · Atlanta
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
760
11-50
869
51-200
222
201-500
71
501-1,000
46
1,001-5,000
35
5,001-10,000
9
10001+
8

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 2,049 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 “southern restaurants” 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 5,871 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 19, 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 “southern restaurants”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many southern restaurants are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 2,049 company matches for southern restaurants 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?

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

Which city has the most southern restaurants?

Atlanta leads with 50 company records, followed by New York (39) and Houston (33).

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 5,871 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 2,049 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 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 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.