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Restaurant 200: Ranking the Country’s Biggest Franchisees
Franchise Finance

Restaurant 200: Ranking the Country’s Biggest Franchisees

  • Research by Matt Haskin
  • Updated Aug 4, 2025

Restaurant sales top $56 billion and the overall unit count is up for the largest franchised restaurant owners in the United States.

North Fork Propels Qdoba, Sonic Growth to Make Restaurant 200 Debut
Franchise Finance

North Fork Propels Qdoba, Sonic Growth to Make Restaurant 200 Debut

  • Joe Halpern
  • Updated Jul 28, 2025

While growing up in rural Missouri in a small town tucked into the Ozark Mountains and not far from the Arkansas state line, Jacob Stauffer an…

Major Papa Johns Franchisee Bajco Group Finds Bright Spots in Tough Times
Franchise Finance

Major Papa Johns Franchisee Bajco Group Finds Bright Spots in Tough Times

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Jul 28, 2025

Nadeem Bajwa is nothing if not confident in his Papa Johns locations. He’s been in the restaurant ownership game for upwards of two decades, s…

Franchise Times Restaurant 200 Ranks the Biggest Operators
Franchise Finance

Franchise Times Restaurant 200 Ranks the Biggest Operators

  • Matthew Liedke, Matt Haskin
  • Jul 24, 2024

Restaurant sales top $54 billion even as the overall unit count falls for the largest franchised restaurant owners in the United States.

Young Franchisees Inject New Attitude in Approach to Restaurant Growth
Franchise Finance

Young Franchisees Inject New Attitude in Approach to Restaurant Growth

  • Emilee Wentland
  • Updated Aug 13, 2024

This story is part of our annual Franchise Times Restaurant 200 coverage. The Restaurant 200 is our exclusive ranking of the largest restauran…

Longtime Franchisee Merritt Group Keeps Family’s Sonic Legacy Alive
Franchise Finance

Longtime Franchisee Merritt Group Keeps Family’s Sonic Legacy Alive

  • Joe Halpern
  • Updated Aug 13, 2024

Ranked No. 54 on the Franchise Times Restaurant 200, Merritt Group did $289.4 million in sales last year from its Sonic locations and is next preparing to expand with Buffalo Wild Wings Go.

Large Franchisees Lean Into Diversification With 7 Brew, Dave’s Hot Chicken
Franchise Finance

Large Franchisees Lean Into Diversification With 7 Brew, Dave’s Hot Chicken

  • Joe Halpern
  • Updated Aug 13, 2024

This story is part of our annual Franchise Times Restaurant 200 coverage. The Restaurant 200 is our exclusive ranking of the largest restauran…

Huge Jamba Purchase Boosts Revenue at Sizzling Platter
Franchise Focus

Huge Jamba Purchase Boosts Revenue at Sizzling Platter

  • Joe Halpern
  • Jul 25, 2023

Sizzling Platter is on the hunt for new restaurant concepts to add to its portfolio of quick-service brands, and a major acquisition last year…

Franchise Times Ranks the Nation’s Largest Restaurant Operators
Franchise Finance

Franchise Times Ranks the Nation’s Largest Restaurant Operators

  • By Matthew Liedke; research by Matt Haskin
  • Updated Jul 31, 2023

Restaurant sales rise in the face of headwinds, demonstrated in Franchise Times’ ranking of the 200 biggest franchised restaurant owners in the United States.

Applebee’s Acquisitions Help Propel Thrive Restaurant Group
Franchise Finance

Applebee’s Acquisitions Help Propel Thrive Restaurant Group

  • Matthew Liedke
  • Jul 25, 2023

Thrive Restaurant Group has been an Applebee’s franchisee for 25 years, and it has the same confidence in the casual dining brand today that i…

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