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Top 25 Taco restaurant chains based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 2,207 taco restaurant chains headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 151,617 professional contacts across them, including 5,317 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers taco restaurant chains 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 22, 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 taco restaurant chains based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 52,855 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Taco Bell was born and raised in California and has been around since 1962.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 32,574 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(NYSE: CMG) is cultivating a better world by serving responsibly sourced, classically-cooked, real food with wholesome ingredients without artificial…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 13,864 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “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.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 3,302 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1964, Del Taco, the Lake Forest, California-based company operates or franchisees nearly 600 restaurants across 16 states.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 3,089 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Getting our start in 1995, QDOBA Mexican Eats now has more than 740 restaurants in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 2,287 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1980 the first American El Pollo Loco opened on Alvarado Street in Los Angeles, quickly becoming a destination for the best citrus-marinated, fire-grilled pollo in town.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,781 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ABOUT OTB: On The Border was started nearly 40 years ago when three friends got together and opened a restaurant in Dallas, Texas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 1,634 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1982 in Austin, Texas, Chuy's serves authentic Tex-Mex food in an eclectic atmosphere full of color and personality.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 1,420 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Starting as a small taco stand in Cheyenne, WY back in 1969, our one-of-a-kind tacos and other bold flavors were an instant hit in the community.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 1,329 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “People travel to San Antonio thinking, “Remember the Alamo” and leave saying “Remember the great Mexican food?” So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Taco Cabana got its start…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 1,281 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Cafe Rio Mexican Grill is the best Mexican food on the planet, we kid you not.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 1,145 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Torchy’s legacy began in Austin, Texas in 2006 with an idea, a dedicated executive chef, and a food trailer to now operating over 130 restaurants nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 862 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The "Anything Goes" approach to food, wall art, hot sauce & life in general.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 803 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Fuzzy’s Taco Shop’s corporate-owned and franchise locations are now serving fresh, handmade Baja-style Mexican food in 126 stores across 17 states, with many more to open soon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 724 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Uncle Julio’s Restaurant Group serves made-from-scratch Mexican cuisine, using fresh ingredients and authentic recipes to create its signature taste in everything from its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 710 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Costa Vida is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 623 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A privately held company that has been in business since 1961.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 603 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Tacala is the largest franchisee of Taco Bell with 350+ locations across seven states (and growing).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 573 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1967, we opened our doors in Abilene, TX to share fresh, authentic Mexican food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 550 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Working at Freebirds is about more than serving great food.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 476 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We opened our first location in Columbus, Ohio in 2014.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 475 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 1974, Taco Casa is not just a restaurant; it's a Tuscaloosa institution.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 357 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in Iowa City, Iowa in 1992, Pancheros Mexican Grill now operates nationwide, offering fresh ingredients, tortillas pressed from home-made dough for each order, and a mixed…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen is a family of full-service Mexican restaurants around the greater Houston area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 290 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Salsarita’s Fresh Mexican Grill, we’re building a dynamic and authentically inspired fast casual Mexican brand, offering delicious food that is made the way you want it and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: taco 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 taco restaurant chains.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of taco restaurant chains, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name taco 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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Taco restaurant chains based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 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 2,207 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 taco 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 the United States whose own description of what they do matches “taco 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 taco 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 taco restaurant chains, 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, 5,317 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 22, 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.
Taco restaurant chains by metro
- Taco restaurant chains in Houston47
- Taco restaurant chains in San Antonio42
- Taco restaurant chains in New York40
- Taco restaurant chains in Chicago38
- Taco restaurant chains in Los Angeles35
- Taco restaurant chains in Austin29
- Taco restaurant chains in Dallas26
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 taco 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 taco restaurant chains are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 2,207 taco restaurant chains 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?
Taco Bell, headquartered in Irvine, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most taco restaurant chains?
Houston leads with 47 headquartered companies, followed by San Antonio (42) and New York (40).
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 5,317 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,207 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 22, 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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