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Highlights: Fast Food Industry Statistics

The Fast Food Industry made $200 billion in the US and $570 billion globally in 2020, demonstrating its size and importance. 84.8 million adults eat fast food every day, with 36.6% of Americans eating it every single day and 34% of children eating it on any given day.

There are 200,859 Fast Food Restaurants businesses in the US as of 2023, an increase of 0.8% from 2022.

Most popular fast food companies

McDonald's is by far the most popular fast food chain in the United States. It has about 13,500 locations in the U.S., 40,000 worldwide, and it operates in 118 countries. McDonald's serves 69 million people every day, more than the population of Thailand and the United Kingdom.

The leading brand in the Fast Food Restaurants Industry was McDonald's with 21.4% market share in 2018, followed by Starbucks with 7.52% Fast Food market share, KFC with 2.82% Fast Food market share, Subway with 2.8%, Domino's Pizza with 1.57%, Pizza Hut with 1.24%, Burger King with 1.16%, Tim Hortons with 1.09%, ...

Highlights: Burger King Statistics

Burger King has over 18,800 locations worldwide. In 2020, Burger King's brand value was approximately $7.1 billion. In 2020, Burger King's annual revenue amounted to around $1.99 billion. Around 99.5% of all Burger King restaurants are franchise-operated.

The 217,100 full-service restaurants in the US provide food services to patrons who order and are served by waitstaff while seated and pay after eating, a practice known as “table service.” Firms may also offer catering services, food and beverage for off-premise consumption, and non-theatrical entertainment.

Most historians agree that the American company White Castle was the first fast-food outlet, starting in Wichita, Kansas in 1916 with food stands and founding in 1921, selling hamburgers for five cents apiece from its inception and spawning numerous competitors and emulators.

McDonald's: $37 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Starbucks: $13 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Subway: $10.8 billion in system-wide U.S. sales. Burger King: $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.

McDonald's

The ACSI data shows McDonald's satisfaction score has dropped from 70 to 68, putting it at the very bottom of the list of customer favorites among fast-food chains.

Who is bigger McDonald's or Burger King? ›

McDonald's is by far the largest fast-food chain in the U.S., with a footprint of more than 13,000 stores across the country. Wendy's has just over 6,000 stores, while Burger King is slightly larger with nearly 6,800 locations at the end of 2023.

Only one state capital in the entire U.S. doesn't have a McDonald's -- Montpelier, Vermont.

In 2023, Starbucks was the highest-valued restaurant brand worldwide, with a brand value of over 53.4 billion U.S. dollars. McDonald's ranked second with approximately 36.86 billion dollars in brand value.

The market size of the quick service restaurant (QSR) industry in the United States reached 382 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, up from the previous year's total of 322.05 billion U.S. dollars.

According to a report by the National Restaurant Association, the average profit margin for fast food restaurants is around 5-8%. This means that for every dollar of sales, the restaurant earns 5-8 cents in profit. However, some fast food chains have profit margins as high as 20%.

Fast food restaurants in the U.S. earned $278.6 billion in revenue in 2021. Led by market heavy-hitters such as McDonald's, Starbucks, Taco Bell, and Chick-Fil-A, the industry has adapted to the changing times and clearly continues to attract customers despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The global fast food market size was USD 862.05 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow from USD 972.74 billion in 2021 to USD 1,467.04 billion by 2028 at a CAGR of 6.05% during the 2021-2028 period.