Long John Silver's

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

One of the largest quick-service seafood chains; it bought back 10 units for product testing in 2016

A look at the largest franchisees in each region finds companies that are experts in their markets, and have local management and distribution to support franchisee stores.