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Top 18 Southern restaurants based in Atlanta, United States
RevenueBase identified 50 southern restaurants headquartered in Atlanta, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 14,230 professional contacts across them, including 1,134 with verified work emails. Atlanta is the largest hub.
This list covers southern restaurants headquartered in Atlanta, 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 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 18 largest southern restaurants based in Atlanta, United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,258 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1990, Zaxbys® is committed to serving delicious Chicken Fingerz™, Zalads®, wings, and signature sauces with Southern hospitality and a modern twist.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 3,641 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “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…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,542 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Krispy Krunchy Chicken® (KKC) operates over 3,500 quick-serve locations in all 48 of the contiguous United States, selling over a million pounds of chicken every week.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 286 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Rocket Farm Restaurants is a family of chef-driven restaurants throughout the southeast and Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 207 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Atlanta-based and nationally acclaimed Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, owns and operates 8 award-winning extremely popular restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia and 4 in South Florida.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 170 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Willy’s was founded in 1995 as a result of Willy Bitter’s passion for exceptional Mexican food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 153 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A heavenly breakfast, brunch + lunch experience!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 148 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FIFTH GROUP RESTAURANTS - FOR ALL FIVE SENSES We understand that an enjoyable dining experience is as much about satisfying your mood as it is your hunger.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SPH is a group of passionate restauranteurs who will stop at nothing to create unforgettable guest experiences.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Welcome to PONKO Chicken!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are an Atlanta based restaurant group focused on Italian concepts.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Savory Selections is a leading portfolio of emerging restaurant brands in the Southeast Region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 8 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Miller Union is named after the former Miller Union Stockyards that occupied one full city block in Atlanta’s old meatpacking district in the 1880s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 6 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Wisteria Restaurant, Atlanta, GA, Inman Park, Southern Savvy, Chef Jason Hill, contemporary American cuisine with Southern regional and worldly flavors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence 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: southern 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 southern restaurants.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of southern restaurants, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name southern 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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Southern restaurants based in Atlanta, United States at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for Atlanta, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Atlanta, over 50 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 southern 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 Atlanta, United States whose own description of what they do matches “southern 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 southern 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 southern restaurants, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Atlanta 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, 1,134 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.
Southern restaurants by metro in the United States
- Southern restaurants in Atlanta50
- Southern restaurants in New York39
- Southern restaurants in Houston33
- Southern restaurants in Nashville33
- Southern restaurants in Chicago28
- Southern restaurants in Charleston26
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 southern 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 southern restaurants are there based in Atlanta, United States?
RevenueBase identified 50 southern restaurants headquartered in Atlanta, 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?
Zaxbys, headquartered in Atlanta, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most southern restaurants?
Atlanta leads with 50 headquartered companies, 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 the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,134 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 50 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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