List of the largest fast food restaurant chains - wikipedia List of the largest fast food restaurant chains This is the list of the largest fast food restaurant chains by their number of locations in the world. Name Number of locations Revenue Subway 44,229 US $ 69.99 billion ( 2015 ) McDonald 's 36,900 US $ 25.413 billion ( 2015 ) Starbucks 25,085 US $ 5.24 billion KFC 20,404 US $23 billion ( 2013 ) Burger King 15,000 + 6 Domino 's Pizza 14,200 7 Pizza Hut 13,728 8 Dunkin ' Donuts 11,300 9 Baskin - Robbins 7300 10 Hunt Brothers Pizza 7300 11 Taco Bell 6500 12 Wendy 's 6490 13 Hardee 's 5812 14 Orange Julius 5700 15 Sibylla 5000 + 16 Dairy Queen 4800 17 Little Caesars 4800 18 Papa John 's Pizza 4700 + 19 Tim Hortons 4590 20 CNHLS 4000 21 Sonic Drive - In 3526 22 Costa 3407 23 Arby 's 3342 24 Jollibee 3000 + US $ 2.185 billion ( FY 2016 ) 25 Jimmy John 's 2522 26 Jack in the Box 2267 27 Ting Hsin International Group 2160 28 Chick - fil - A 2100 + 29 Applebee 's 2033 30 Panera Bread 2024 31 Chipotle Mexican Grill 32 Dicos 2000 + 33 Pelicana Chicken 2000 + 34 Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 2000 35 Shanghai Shihao 2000 36 Panda Express 1900 37 Sukiya 1856 38 Pala Hamburger 1850 39 Chester 's International 1800 + 40 MOS Burger 1730 41 Denny 's 1700 42 Church 's Chicken 1700 43 IHOP 1650 44 WingStreet 1600 ~ 45 Chili 's 1580 46 Café Coffee Day 1556 US $ 230 million ( 2015 ) 47 Auntie Anne 's 1500 + US $230 million ( 2015 ) 48 Carl 's Jr. 1500 + 49 Five Guys 1500 + 50 Quiznos 1500 51 Papa Murphy 's 1425 52 LEM hamburger 1401 53 Ichibanya 1268 54 Long John Silver 's 1200 + 55 Buffalo Wild Wings 1175 56 Firehouse Subs 1030 57 Kebab Turki Baba Rafi 1030 58 Telepizza 1025 59 Krispy Kreme 1003 60 Bob 's 1000 + 61 Jersey Mike 's Subs 1000 62 Nando 's 1000 63 Chooks - to - Go 1000 ~ 64 Kennedy Fried Chicken 1000 65 Häagen - Dazs 900 66 Jamba Juice 849 67 BreadTalk 836 68 85C Bakery Cafe 800 + 69 Sbarro 800 + 70 Zaxby 's 800 + 71 A&W 800 72 Blimpie 790 73 Checkers and Rally 's 784 74 Cinnabon 750 + 75 Whataburger 735 76 Southern Fried Chicken 700 + 77 Wingstop 650 78 Einstein Bros. Bagels 649 79 Bojangles ' Famous Chicken ' n Biscuits 600 + 80 Moe 's Southwest Grill 600 + 81 Pizza Pizza 600 + 82 Qdoba Mexican Eats 600 + 83 Rita 's Italian Ice 600 + 84 Smoothie King 600 + 85 Chuck E. Cheese 's 590 86 Pita Pit 588 87 Kungfu 566 88 Del Taco 547 89 Steak ' n Shake 544 90 Culver 's 527 91 Steers 525 92 Captain D 's 520 93 Da Niang Dumpling 514 94 Brioche Dorée 500 + 95 Charley 's Grilled Subs 500 + 96 Round Table Pizza 500 + 97 Shakey 's 500 + 98 CiCi 's Pizza 500 99 Country Style 490 100 Habib 's 475 + See also List of fast food restaurant chains Companies portal Food portal Lists portal References Jump up ^ Subway 's publication. `` Explore Our World ''. Subway 's Corporation. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` The 20 fast food chains that rake in the most money ''. Business Inside UK. March 25, 2016. Jump up ^ McDonald 's publication. `` McDonald 's Corporation 2016 Annual Report Form ( 10 - K ) '' ( PDF ). McDonald 's Corporation. Retrieved 2017 - 05 - 16. Jump up ^ `` McDonald 's Corporation 2015 Annual Report Form ( 10 - K ) '' ( XBRL ). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. March 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Form 10 - K for the Fiscal Year Ended October 2, 2016 '' ( PDF ). Starbucks Corporation. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Starbucks Corporation 2013 Fiscal Report, Form 10 - K, Filing Date Sept 30, 2016 ''. Retrieved September 30, 2016. Jump up ^ `` SEC Filings ''. Starbucks Corporation. March 25, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Annual Report 2016 '' ( PDF ). Yum ! Brands. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Number of Burger King restaurants worldwide from 2009 to 2015 ''. Statista. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ Domino 's 101 : Basic Facts Jump up ^ `` Pizza Hut ''. Yum. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ Company Snapshot Jump up ^ SEC filing Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` OC - Based Restaurant Chains ''. Orange County Business Journal. 33 ( 37 ) : 24. July 5, 2010. Jump up ^ Investor Dashboard Jump up ^ CKE Restaurants, Inc. Announces Preliminary, Unaudited Fourth Quarter and Full Year Fiscal 2013 Results Jump up ^ Orange Julius Application : Jobs, Career Opportunities & Employment Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ Dairy Queen CEO : Paying Workers A ' Fair Wage ' Helps Us Jump up ^ Little Caesars is back ! Jump up ^ Our Story Jump up ^ Investor Jump up ^ Top 10 fast - food chains in China Jump up ^ Sonic barrier broken Jump up ^ Arby 's locations Jump up ^ Acquired tastes Jump up ^ `` Jollibee Foods Corporation 2015 annual report ( FORM 17 - A ) '' ( Press release ). December 31, 2011. 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Jump up ^ Culver 's plans Port Orange restaurant Jump up ^ STEERS Kimberley CBD in Kimberley Jump up ^ Captain D 's Kicks off Corporate - Store Development Program Jump up ^ Top 10 fast - food chains in China Jump up ^ Groupe Le Duff Archived 2011 - 09 - 11 at the Wayback Machine. 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Question: what is the largest fast food restaurant chain in the world
Answer: Subway