Map Comparison - The 30 Biggest US Fast Food Chains
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A map of every store location for the 30 biggest US fast food chains. Do you know which one is the biggest?
1. Subway 23,494 Locations
2. Starbucks 15,350 Locations
3. McDonald's 13,651 Locations
4. Dunkin' 9,563 Locations
5. Taco Bell 7,118 Locations
6. Burger King 7,114 Locations
7. Pizza Hut 6,873 Locations
8. Domino's 6,218 Locations
9. Wendy's 5,868 Locations
10. Dairy Queen 4,437 Locations
11. Little Caesars 4,203 Locations
12. KFC 4,001 Locations
13. Sonic Drive-In 3,496 Locations
14. Arby's 3,407 Locations
15. Papa John's 3,009 Locations
16. Jimmy John's 2,763 Locations
17. Chipotle 2,643 Locations
18. Chick-fil-A 2,613 Locations
19. Popeyes 2,485 Locations
20. Jack in the Box 2,244 Locations
21. Panda Express 2,195 Locations
22. Panera Bread 2,138 Locations
23. Hardee's 1,798 Locations
24. Five Guys 1,350 Locations
25. Wingstop 1,299 Locations
26. Carl's Jr. 1,087 Locations
27. Zaxby's 912 Locations
28. Whataburger 833 Locations
29. Culver's 785 Locations
30. Bojangles' 749 Locations
Was not expecting Subway to sweep there
fr the east side was almost all green
@@ori77777 same they’re literally not even good at all they are one of the lowest quality fast food chains and that’s saying something
@@jrax1713 idk some are really good
@@ori77777 there is so much subways everywhere because they have low franchise cost, so making your own subway is dirt cheap compared to lets, say, mcdonalds
there is alot of subways in every country theyre in, in the place where i live it is the closest american fast food chain to my house
Just because you don't eat there doesn't mean it's not successful
The fact that New England basically carried Dunkin to #4 is actually quite impressive.
Yeah wasnt expecting it
For real. I moved to RI recently. I live within one mile of 5... that I am aware of. I haven't been around long enough to know I spotted them all.
I visited Boston and they'll literally have multiple DDs in the same intersection.
Lines at all of em too. Crazy.
Dunks started here. MA
Y'all can have Starbucks.
In Montana there was a space on the Interstate where the nearest McDonald's were 140 Miles apart. McDonald's was having none of that. So in-between Billings and Bozeman, Montana there was a small town called Columbus. Nothing more than a wide spot in the freeway. But McDonald's decided to put a restaurant there and all hell broke loose. A big truck rest stop opened, a motel opened, a grocery store opened. All because McDonald's didn't want there to be a 140 mile wasteland along the freeway with no McDonald's.
Heh... that'll be an interesting fact in that town's history.
They have more gaps to fill in, especially in Alaska.
Wow! A McDonald's created all that?!
Good. They created hundreds of jobs.
And now there is a subway there too lol
Moral of the story: if you live in Wyoming, you get pizza or a sandwich.
Lol believe it or not, most small towns are like that.
@@sasquatch7234As someone who lives in a borough of barely 1,200 I can confirm it's either pizza joints or sandwich shops we can eat from.
They eat what they hunt out that way😂
But if you live in mane, illinois, flordia , or new York, you get subway eat fresh.
Being in Knoxville is so funny because I see the singular Culver's in Tennessee and KNOW that its the one I drive past all the time. Makes me feel special.
Theres 2 culvers in Murfreesboro TN as well, been there since i moved outta TN years ago
I miss TN I used to live there back in 2019 rather be there than AZ honestly
Who else is here for REAL Kingston Pike hours?
Bruh I grew up in Michigan until I was 14, moved to TN, then moved to Greenville SC at 19 where I'd be going along I-40 through Knoxville to see my parents back in TN. I've never once heard of, let alone SEEN a Culver's lol.
I know Big Boy, I know White Castle. But Culver's? Who???
There's Culver's in Hendersonville TN and cool springs tn ( Brentwood)
The main thing about Subway is that while it may not be the most popular fast-food chain, it has a way lower entry fee than other franchises. You barely need any specialized equipment, so you can start a subway franchise for less than $200,000, a comparable McDonald's is going to cost well over a million.
Yup. All you need for subway is really the oven, microwaves and the ingredients.
I almost got a franchise for $63,000 about 20 years ago.
That's why Indians own the vast majority of them and 7/11. Pretty cheap to get started and maintain.
Often you only need one worker at a Subway during non peak hours. Likely the owner. Really cuts down operating costs.
I looked into bojangles a while back; they want something like $300k plus $700k in liquid assests fuckin ridiculous I just wanna bring good fried chicken to my fellow westerners 😂
That would explain why there's so many of them.
As far as subs/hero sandwiches go, Subway is low-grade. There's so many places that do it better.
Subway is everywhere, I was born in the interior of an isolated rural town located in the middle of nowhere, and the only fast food there was......subway
It’s because they really hopped on board the mid 2000’s franchising scheme. Ended up costing them big time.
@@charlesbrown4483 Sadly it was just a passing fad and Subway was passed off as a "healthy" alternative to fast food wit the spokesperson being a pedo.
Because it is one of the cheapest franchises to buy
They easily fit inside gas stations.
Same! I grew up in a small rural town. No McDonalds, no Starbucks, but a Subway.
Legend says you can be stranded in the middle of the desert, there will be a Subway near by.
Yeah bro why was there one at the top of alaska💀
@@Dirtcake1847That is Utqiagvik, Alaska, the 12th largest city in Alaska with a population of around 4,000 people, so of course they’re gonna build a Subway there
@@gengushmurda6448who lives there? Probably cold as f. Who has the balls except penguins and polar bears to live there
@@gengushmurda6448a sub probably costs $30 there
@@godlikelawthey drill oil up there
People in Wyoming must be really healthy
That's Cuz Nobody Lives In Wyoming
@@jen-qb3my600,000
@@theyeoldephillipe86Propaganda We all know Wyoming only has 6 people
@@theyeoldephillipe86 there are more people living in Delaware that Wyo. Cuz Wyo stinks 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 brought to you by the Colorado squad of being way cooler
Wyoming's basically the West Virginia of the West.
I love the fact that there's a Wendy's in the middle of nowhere in Alaska, and a Subway at the very Northern part of Alaska
This is a great way to see which areas are densely populated and which areas nobody lives.
unless your dominos 😂
1:49 There are north Carolina and Ohio
They have a lot
Yes; it’s all going on in the eastern 1/3 of the country (or at least east of the Mississippi), and then in a thin strip along the West Coast, but that’s about it.
@@JafantantEnglish much?
The Domino! Domino pepeloni!
To be totally accurate, you should combine Carl's Junior and Hardee's. They are now the same company. When Hardee's was bought out they changed the menu to be the same as Carl's Jr, and added the yellow star that is a mark of Carl's to the signs. This is like the west coast-east coast split with Best Foods and Hellman's mayonnaise, and Edy's and Dreyer's ice cream.
Agreed. Hardees/Carl's Jr should be 16th, above Jimmy John's.
This is over 3 years old
@jakeg3126 yep it's inaccurate now. Maybe by thousands. Up and down.
So Best Foods and Hellmams are the same. Aaarrrgghhh! Now it makes sense
@@jakeg3126They merged in 1997
Subway: east coast how many stores do you want?
East coast: *YES*
Bojangles:The Carolinas, how many stores do you want
The carolinas:YES
east coast? you mean the entire eastern half of the us?
Crazy how you can visibly see where the wildlife refuges of coastal North Carolina are. The only gap on the east coast besides Long Island and Maine
Long Island is a weird gap, now that I mention it. They have 30-40 subway locations if you look on the map, yet it looks blank here.
@joel.ha. live on long island, can confirm we have subway. Map bug?
1:35 Wasn't expecting to see Little Caesars in the middle of the ocean.
Yeah it’s definitely not mexico
Shout out to In N' Out!! You will always be #1 to me
The fact that Dunkin Donuts was #4 based almost solely on their profligacy in New England should have surprised absolutely nobody in New England, I hope. Driving out of Logan Airport I counted about 9 of them before I had gone 5 miles, no joke.
Same for Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. There's ten Dunkin Donuts between Cline Avenue and Illinois north of US 30 (and a couple on US 30 as well).
I have driven down a road that had 3 Dunkin Donuts on it short distance from each other, and every single one was packed.
Not surprised about Subway. I live in a small city of about 50k people in Canada and there is 5.
LOL on stretch if I keep going straight I pass by like 4 of them
Reminds me of the time I counted 23 fried chicken restaurants in a mile. I was next to Emory university in Atlanta. Lol
Subway is the cheapest to own a franchise and has the least amount of requirements to own a franchise so that’s why there’s so many
It probably explains why they can't make a footlong for less than $10 after tax. How the hell do you manage logistics comparable to that of the damn US military efficiently?
And cause there in a lot of Walmarts
Subway: “Look around you, McDonald’s!”
McDonald’s: “You planted grass?”
Subway: “Grass?” (Laughs as he goes up top of locations)
A Subway franchise must be ridiculously easy to get - unlike a McDs franchise.
Subway started in my home state of Connecticut in 1966
Good reference
McDoanalds may be the most profitable fast food franchise but there's a lot of subway locations.
@@matthewporrini50Do you still live in CT? How do you afford the high taxes?
Carl's Jr and Hardee's are the same thing, just different region (Like Kroger with all their regional names). Would be interesting to see where they fall if combined.
Same thing with Krystals and White Castle
2885 for Hardee's and Carl's combined. Puts them at number 16 just behind papa johns.
@@DCM18 Krystal has nothing to do with White Castle. The owner of Krystal was a guy who visited a White Castle in the 1930's and copied everything. White Tower was another that did the same thing.
You could just add the numbers lol 😂
I like how it's easy to find which point is your town if you have a general knowledge of where it is and what restaurants are in it
Really easy if you live in north west area too🤪
The Subway location in Utqiagvik, Alaska literally looks like a nuclear fallout shelter, and it will never not be funny to me.
I laughed tbh
and now it's "Top Of The World Ace Hardware".
I bet the sandwiches are like 40 dollars each up there
@@MrPlatinum2323it's actually not too bad, around 15 bucks a footlong. As in, yeah that's crazy expensive but not unimaginable
That’s the most insane town name I’ve ever heard
#30 Bojangles’
#29 Culver’s
#28 Whataburger
#27 Zaxby’s
#26 Carl’s Jr.
#25 Wingstop
#24 Five Guys
#23 Hardee’s
#22 Panera Bread
#21 Panda Express
#20 Jack in the Box
#19 Popeyes
#18 Chick-fil-A
#17 Chipotle
#16 Jimmy John’s
#15 Papa John’s
#14 Arby’s
#13 Sonic
#12 KFC
#11 Little Ceasar’s
#10 Dairy Queen
#9 Wendy’s
#8 Domino's
#7 Pizza Hut
#6 Burger King
#5 Taco Bell
#4 Dunkin Donuts
#3 McDonald’s
#2 Starbucks Coffee
#1 Subway
How do you know
Sonic Drive-In
@@sriramnallan cus they watched the video?
@@yoxilpogo stick
Thanks?
I remember when there was only one Subway. It was in Connecticut, they made their own bread. Then a second Subway opened in Danbury Ct on White Street near me, and the guy announced he was starting a chain that would be the biggest chain. This was around 1976. The Danbury location on White St is gone now.
Oh ok. Yeah I was there too, I was in the bathroom when he said he was starting a chain. I didnt know what that meant at the time, but I shook his hand anyways. You didn’t have to wash your hands back then, simpler times.
@@chadd990 Did you get tuna on your hand? Did it taste good?
Me too! I spilt spaghetti on my pants when I heard him say that!
@@jasenator1323 I licked it off for you. (I hop you're a girl)
Culvers: How many of me do you want, Midwest?
Midwest: YES!
Culver’s was made in Wisconsin
I love that I live in New England yet get Carl's Jr and Hardee's ads constantly.
lol
Who would have thought Burger King is only 6th
I’m surprised it’s that high. Must be more popular in low income areas I’m guessing. McDonalds and Wendy’s are better options.
BK definitely beats Wendy’s
@@KlaytonRuggles-eq6rc Since when? Or where? My brain cannot comprehend that.
Really? I've seen a couple shut down in the last 5 years.
@@twonumber22 I can’t comprehend thinking Wendy's is better than Burger King. Just my opinion. It’s possible your Burger King is different because I remember two months ago I was in a McDonalds six hours away from home and the food tasted different.
I woulda watched the whole thing even if it was a low resolution slideshow of maps with no animation or music. But it had the other stuff. I legitimately cannot express how much I liked this video.
I had anxiety when it got to the Top 3 LOL
Is this the dead internet theory
@@morganwilliams2863 Nah, I'm a real dude beep boop bop.
Shit, I knew Bojangles had a firm hold on the Carolinas and Atlanta, but I didn’t think they’d make a top 30 list.
And they're headed west to boot.
Every bojangles employee is going to the deepest darkest pits of hell. I love their food but I don’t love waiting 30 minutes for fries. Ik it’s minimum wage but like cmon
Mr Bojangles got his bojo working.
Recently, all the Bojangles in Maryland abruptly shut down.
It's crazy how most fast food chains you've never heard of are all located in America, but you can never find them where you are
Finally, a map for Subway locations! Can't wait to try them!
Today i learned, there are 10 Subways within 15 miles of me
😂😂 Same here
I was curious too so I looked on Google maps... There were 112 Subways within 10 miles
want another fact?
Germany has more castles than there are McDonald's locations in the United States.
@@babymetalenjoyer that's genuinely shocking, sometimes I forget just how much of the US is empty
@@Scrublord30 yeah. Especially the western half of the US compared to the eastern half as you can see here in the video
(pacific states excluded)
As a person who lives in wisconsin, I can confirm that we have way more Culver’s
0:17Why did zaxbys randomly decide to throw a few locations in utah and no where else in the western portion lol.
I thought the same thing and I'm from Utah! 😂😂
Yeah I ate at the Cedar City Utah location and in my opinion it was absolutely garbage.....there are quite a few hole in the wall places to eat in Southern Utah that there is no reason the eat at that place.....
Gus fring's franchises
As a European this is interesting, because we've never heard of some of those in the top ten.
I would've expected something like
1. Mc Donald's
2. Bürger King
3. Subway
4. KFC
As these are also prevalent over here.
Yeah y’all got quick and what not
The one that surprised me the most was Chick-fil-A not being higher than it was. Most people seem to love Chick-fil-A but they're a harder franchise to open up.
@@hemigoleoquick is basically the only European chain that’s widespread. All the other ones are American or horrible. At least in France
Two things I find interesting as a European. One is the chains that made it over here versus the ones that didn’t. The other are the chains that don’t have a presence in my country but I’ve still heard a lot about through pop culture references, product placements, or the like, versus those I’ve never even heard of, e.g. hear about Chick-fil-A at 18 and Chipotle at 17, but never heard of Jimmy John’s at 16, and heard of Arby’s at 14, but not Sonic Drive-in at 13.
@@martel8626Sonic came out in the early '90s ish. It was a throwback to 50s/60s drive up diners. I think they were trying to get the nostalgia factor from the older folks but young people thought it was cool too. It was the only place like it. And back then they had cute thin girls riding roller skates out to bring you your food. You'd tip them. Nowadays it's staffed by randoms. No more roller skates. No more charm. Their shakes and specialty drinks like the cherry limeade are really good. Im sure enough workers sued after roller skate falls so they said no more nice things.
This was so interesting. Why did I watch it twice? Keep up the good work would love to see more content here!!!
This is such a visually appealing video!
Montana, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico.... really get neglected.
Midwest farmland and large empty forests/deserts/mountain ranges with next to no infrastructure.
@@littlegirlshowSynch It isn't an infrastructure issue, it's the low population density.
Had Culver's in AZ need one in portland immediately one of the best burgers I ever had
Didn’t expect to see Starbucks and Subway take the top 2 spots, I though McDonald’s had this one.
They're not including the overseas McDonald's have locations in Japan and China and all that but I guess they just included US
@@mergingbutterfly
There's not one single McDonald's in Hawaii???
@@mergingbutterflyIt's so hard to read your comment because you haven't used any punctuation.
@@7822welshsteamnah no need for punctuation
@@mergingbutterfly KFC, Subway and others are present overseas to
Subway is crazy. Also growing up there were at least 5 McDonald’s in my hometown and it was just a 2 mile stretch of suburban highway
Love the music. It provides great vibes to this video
I think it’s by Slipknot?
@@iain8837okay got ya
bro got korn and slipknot confused 💀💀
Wow, Like the number of the fast-food chains in in the US.
DO NOT let the object show community see how many jimmy john’s locations on here.
Why?
???
hi i'm osc guy
I would not have realized that if I never saw this comment 😂
Jimmy johns has 2763 stores.
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Thats my Dairy Queen! I work there on the grill!
Lmao which one bro
Which one
@@readysetreact1345 That one. Right there. Next to the McDonalds, the Starbucks, and approximately 28 Subways.
@@GolfhausYT Ohhhh thanks
Dairy Queen is actually the closest fast food to where I live, NOT Subway surprisingly
For context: This video may have Walmart subway locations included. Which there is 4,717 Walmart locations
I always die laughing when I see Dunkin’ Donuts entirely cover Boston and most of New England 😂
Thanks for doing Culver’s! Not a lot of people know about it.
Culver's goes so hard.
probably the best fast food burgers at that price point
0:29 five guys? more like 1350 guys!
2:13 there’s plenty of mcdonalds in Hawaii 🤨
@Bestgoalieinoilershistory79 only 1 loll
As a Michigander, I can confirm that every town in Michigan has a little Caesar’s.
There's four Subways within a two mile radius of my house, and I live in a mid-sized city in Utah. Subway is absolutely everywhere, even though their quality has been rapidly declining for years. Back in the day (like 10-15 years ago), you could get a footlong sandwhich with chips and a drink for like $8, and that'll run you like $15 down, not to mention they're way more skimpy on the toppings than they used to be.
Not just Mass. NY and NJ have a TON of Dunkins.
DD basically owns the Northeast.
1:50 closing
I absolutely love the song, but my phone doesn't recognize it.
People in north dakota and alaska are probably the healthiest people on the planet
Apparently Colorado is the fittest state
That singular Bojangles in Pennsylvania got me like
That’s our North Carolinan embassy in Pennsylvania
There's a Bojangles in Pa? Well crap, now I find it
I can personally verify we have MANY MORE Zaxby's in Oklahoma than that picture suggested. That was wildly inaccurate.
The McDonalds map didn’t show any locations in Alaska or Hawaii, which is completely incorrect.
This was posted 3yrs ago. So more have come in
@@ivanbermudez691 most of these franchises have closed more than they've opened in the past 3 years but either way that's irrelevant because the maps are inaccurate
I didn't know that there are more fast food restaurants in the East than West.Good luck trying to find restaurants in Montana,Oklahoma,Nevada,Utah and more
Well, more people live in the eastern part, so that’s pure logic.
You must have never been to Las Vegas. We have many fast food restaurants.
80% of Americans live on the east side of the "line" which runs through the center of the country. This is because of desert and mountains on the other side. So 20% of Americans live west of the line.
But if you take away the Pacific coast with California etc, only 10% of Americans live in desert/rockies. And if you were to take away just the 8 largest cities in that area we have left, it'd only be 5% of Americans living in the desert/rockies that don't live in a major city.
So yeah, the restaurants not wanting to be there as much makes sense when you realize they can get 2x the customers on the Pacific coast or 8x as many customers on the other side of the line lol
Those states probably have dinner with someone cooking real food and where you have great service
I live in montana and there is enough restaraunts
*Dunkin’:* “where should we put our next shop?”
*East Coast:* exists
Michigan: how many locations do you want here
Little caesars: YES
Culver’s with room to grow! On Wisconsin!
#EatWisconsinbly
Culver’s bussin
Culver's slaps
I've only had one thing from Culver's- a vanilla banana and Oreo shake. It was delicious!
Wisconsin is beyond fucked.
If you map out the napkin requirements alone you understand why deforestation is a thing.
Hot take: I don’t think coffee places should be classified as fast food. Don’t they just have coffee and like pastries?
Agreed! Unless they started serving meat on their pastries as their predominant revenue and I just missed it.
They sell sandwiches
I get what you're saying, but Starbucks sells enough food to be considered a fast food chain imo, even if they're centered on coffee.
idk about dunkin doughnuts though, never been there.
@@JohnnySacc so what
This is one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever seen
Carls Jr has a surprisingly low amount. I see those things everywhere. Wow.
I thought mcdonalds was going to be first
@Bro Momento oh damn that actually makes sense.
I'd never heard of at least half of these!
If you’re ever on the east coast and see a Cook-Out stop by that shit goes so hard.
I love how in most of these you can see exactly where Portland and SeaTac are
If Whataburger expanded beyond the south, they would put most of these other brands out of business, lets be real.
And in not even a Texan, I'm Canadian. I'd legit drive 2200 miles, just for a Whataburger, or Freddie's. Both are so damn good, wish we had them in Canada.
Culver's has Whataburger beat by a mile. I have both chains in my area.
Someone on TikTok is stealing your videos
TikTok the virus app from the virus china
BFDI reference at 1:08
no it’s literally how many JJ’s are in the USA
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I was in shock when I saw that
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I literally thought to myself “what could be bigger than Starbucks?” And jokingly said to myself “Subway” and then gasped when I was right
We meed a refresh of this, 4 years later. So many changes.
imagine going to subway when you live near a wawa
Fun fact: Subway has a restaurant in the US Department of States main building
What the hell is a subway doing in far Northern alaska 💀
To the people saying Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s are the same restaurant… they’re not 💀
Subway is everywhere I was born inside a cold storage of subway outlet!
Love this type of stuff
Where's Big Kahuna burger? I've heard they got some tasty burgers 🍔
I like how the McDonald's one ends up pretty much being a population density map of the US
Was not expecting that Culver’s sweep there. Had no idea they’re in the west and east. I thought they were mainly a Wisconsin company, and I knew they had some down in Florida. But that surprised me!
I love how Wyoming and Montana are always giant black holes on stuff like this
We need more McDonald’s in the mountains!
BRO NO! CHOOSE ONE: 🔵or🔴
Your list is already out of date. There are now a few Jack in the Boxes in northern Utah as of about 6 months ago. I didn't see any pin drops in utah at all.
The billboard joke in Ace Ventura 2 was way ahead of its time.
As a neighborhood from Kamchatka peninsula (Hi Alaska), to sad about 0 MacDonald's and Burger King there
This music is bangin
Fun fact: Hardee's and Carl Jr's are actually the same franchise, just with different names on either side of the Mississippi.
Hardees and Carl's Jr are the same, and with 2,876 combined locations, they would place #16.
They just opened a Subway in my laundry room
Would be very interesting to see where the top 10 in that list with corporate locations and franchise locations separately.
Michagans, little caesars, wendy's, Burger king, taco belle, McDonald's and subways are just crazy💀💀💀💀💀
👏👏 *MAKES SENSE BUT STILL. BIG DIFF BETWEEN NUMBER OF SPOTS FOR #1 AND 2. IMPRESSIVE*
Whole States not having a single dunkin donuts blows my mind
Please build a Bojangles in Texas & Louisiana? 🙏
When I was growing up I had five different Subway's less than 10 minutes from me and I didn't even live in a huge town. I'm not joking.
Really can’t explain why i loved this
There's a special kind of magic when you see your town's restaurants isolated enough to point out "there I am!"