List of fast food restaurant chains
The following is a list of fast-food restaurant chains.
Restaurants operating Internationally are listed under International and Country Where Founded.
Please DO NOT list International chains under every country in which they operate.
- Burger King
- Dairy Queen
- Dunkin Donuts
- Domino's Pizza
- KFC
- McDonald's
- Pizza Hut
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Wendy's
- Backyard Burger
- Zaxbys
- Augustin Burger [citation needed]
- Australia's Pizza House
- Barnacle Bill
- Chicken Treat
- Charcoal Chicken
- Crepe Cafe
- Donut King
- Donut Deluriam
- Eagle Boys Pizza
- Hungry Jack's (former Burger King franchisee, but now a separate chain)
- Nando's
- Ogalo
- Oporto
- Papa Jo's Pizza
- Pedro's
- Pizza Haven
- Rap It Up (wraps)
- Red Rooster
- Uncle Tony's Kebabs
- Wendy's (Australia) (Ice Cream)
- Yoshinoya
- 2-4-1 Pizza
- A&W
- Arby's
- Boston Pizza
- Café Suprême
- Chez Ashton
- Coffee Time
- Country Style (Ontario)
- Deluxe French Fries (Maritimes)
- Denny's (Ontario)
- Domino's Pizza
- Dixie Lee Fried Chicken
- Double Pizza (Quebec)
- Edo Japan
- Franxx Supreme (Quebec)
- Greco Pizza (Maritimes)
- Harvey's
- Koya Japan
- La Belle Province (Quebec)
- Lick's Homeburger (Ontario)
- Made In Japan Teriyaki Experience
- Mr. Sub
- Mrs. Vanelli's
- New York Fries
- Panago
- Pizza Delight
- Pizza Nova
- Pizza Pizza (Ontario)
- Pizza Shack (Maritimes)
- Quiznos Sub Canada
- Roasty Jack
- Robin's Donuts
- Starbucks
- Swiss Chalet
- The Extreme Pita
- Tim Hortons (casual restaurant, owned by Wendy's)
- Topper's Pizza
- Valentine (Quebec only)
- White Spot (BC)
- BOOF [7]
- Avache (previously 'Apache')
- Super Burger
- Autogrill on the Italian network of Autostrada freeways
- Brek [8]
- Chef Express in trains and train stations
- Ciao
- Pizzarito & Pastarito
- Spizzico
- Becker's
- Chikuji Gindako
- CoCo Ichibanya
- Dom Dom Hamburger
- First Kitchen
- Freshness Burger
- Kozozushi
- Kyotaru
- Lotteria
- Mos Burger
- Pepper Lunch
- Sukiya, "Beef bowl"
- Tenya
- Yoshinoya, "Beef bowl" [9]
- Ali Baba
- Carnivores - now defunct
- Charcoal Chicken
- Georgie Pie - now defunct
- Hell Pizza
- Homestead Chicken - now defunct
- Jester's Jaffle Pie
- King Pie
- Leaning Tower of Pizza
- Nando's
- Andok's Lechon
- Burger Machine
- Chowking
- Cinnzeo
- Fazoli's
- Gonuts Donuts
- Greenwich Pizza
- Ha Yuan
- Jollibee
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- L.C. Big Mak!
- Mango Brutus
- Mister Donut
- Nacho Fast
- Nacho King
- NachO'Rap
- North Park
- Racks
- Shakey's Pizza
- Teriyaki Boy
- Tapa King
- Tokyo Tokyo
- Tropical Hut
- Wham! Burgers
- Yellow Cab Pizza
- Yoshinoya
- Al Tazaj [21]
- Americana Chicken Tikka
- Fresh Chicken King
- Golden Fork
- Havana Café
- Southern Fried Chicken
- Wimpy's
- Augustin Burger [citation needed]
- Favorite Chicken
- Gourmet Burger Company
- Harry Ramsden's
- Jumbuck's, The Aussie Pie Co. [22]
- Little Chef
- Nando's
- Pret a Manger
- Wimpy
- Yo!_Sushi
- A&W
- Amigos/Kings Classic
- Andy's
- Arby's
- Arctic Circle Restaurants
- Arthur Treacher's
- Atlanta Bread Company
- Au Bon Pain
- Back Yard Burgers
- Baja Fresh
- Baker's Drive-thru
- Baskin-Robbins
- Big Apple Bagels
- Big Boy
- Blake's Lotaburger
- Blimpie
- Bojangles'
- Boston Market
- Boston Pizza
- Braum's
- Brown's Chicken & Pasta
- Bruster's Ice Cream
- Bun Boy
- Burger King
- Captain D's
- Carl's Jr.
- Charley's Grilled Subs
- Checkers Drive-In (also called Rally's Drive-In)
- Chester's
- Chick-fil-A
- Chipotle Mexican Grill
- Chuck E. Cheese's
- Church's Chicken
- Cici's Pizza
- City Barbeque
- Cosi
- Crown Burgers
- Culver's
- The Daily Bagel
- Del Rancho
- Del Taco
- Denny's
- Dick's Drive-In
- Dog n Suds
- Domino's Pizza
- Donatos Pizza
- Duchess Restaurants [23]
- Einstein Bros. Bagels
- El Pollo Loco
- Fatburger
- Fazoli's
- Filiberto's
- Five Guys
- Fosters Freeze
- Fuddruckers
- Godfather's Pizza
- Grandy's
- The Great American Bagel
- The Great Steak & Potato
- Green Burrito
- Hamburger Stand with Der Wienerschnitzel
- Happy Daz
- Hardee's
- Home Run Inn Pizza
- Honey Dew Donuts
- Hot Dog on a Stick
- In-N-Out Burger
- Jack in the Box
- Jamba Juice
- Jimmy John's
- Jim's Burger Haven
- KFC
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- Kewpee
- Krispy Kreme
- Krystal
- L&L Hawaiian Barbecue [24]
- La Salsa
- Lenny's Sub Shop
- Little Caesars
- Long John Silver's
- Maid-Rite
- McDonald's
- Milio's Sandwiches
- Milo's Hamburgers
- Moe's Southwest Grill
- Mr. Chicken
- Mr. Sub
- Mrs. Winners Chicken
- Nathan's Famous
- Noah's Bagels [25]
- Ollie's Trolley
- Orange Julius
- Original Tommy's
- Pal's Sudden Service
- Panda Express
- Papa John's Pizza
- Peter Piper Pizza
- Pioneer Chicken
- Pizza Hut
- Pizza Ranch
- Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits
- Portillo's
- Potbelly Sandwich Works
- Qdoba Mexican Grill
- Quiznos Sub
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Rax Restaurants
- Red Burrito
- Roy Rogers Family Restaurants
- Rubio's
- Runza
- Sbarro
- Schlotzsky's
- Shakey's Pizza
- Skipper's
- Simple Simon's Pizza [26]
- Sonic Drive-In
- Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q
- Starbucks
- Steak 'n Shake
- Stewart's Drive-In
- Submarina
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Taco Bueno
- Taco Cabana
- Taco Del Mar
- Taco John's
- Taco Mayo
- Taco Tico
- Taco Time
- Tastee-Freez
- Teriyaki Boy
- The Hat
- Tim Hortons
- Togo's Eateries
- Tudor's Biscuit World [27]
- Una Mas!
- Wetzel's Pretzels
- Wendy's
- Whataburger
- White Castle
- Wienerschnitzel
- Winchell's Donuts
- Winsteads
- Yello Sub
- Yum-Yum Donuts
- Zaxby's
Fictional
Fast-food chains which have disappeared
- Beefy Boy
- Biff Burger: Headquartered in Tampa, Florida. There were 800 of these drive-ins in 1962 from Florida to Toronto, Canada. Biff meant "Best In Fast Food".
- Bun Boy
- Burger Chef [28] (link from a former site located at the Internet Archive)
- Burghy: incorporated in McDonald's Corporation Italia
- Carrols Restaurants: Upstate New York chain. Franchises converted to Burger Kings in 1975.
- Country Boy
- Doggie Diner: San Francisco based chain of diner style fast food restaurants. Last one went out of business in 1996. The giant fiberglass cartoon dachshund head from the last store was recently made a San Francisco Historical Monument (Sloat Ave and 48th Ave near the San Francisco Zoo).
- Fries Are US: came along same time Burger Street U.S.A. a drive thru restaurant in Flint area appeared.
- Georgie Pie
- Gino's Hamburgers: East Coast regional chain sold in 1982 to Marriott International which became Roy Rogers Family Restaurants.
- Goody Boy
- Griff's Hamburgers
- Happy Eater: Nation Wide chain in Great Britain bought out by its rival Little Chef in the 1990s.
- Hippos Hamburgers in San Francisco, San Mateo and Menlo Park, California (1960s).
- Hot 'n Now Double drive thru chain
- Hot Shoppes, Inc.
- Juicy Lucy's Double drive thru chain
- Lucky Boy
- Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken
- Naugles: merged with Del Taco in 1988.
- Pup 'N' Taco: bought by Taco Bell in 1984.
- Red Barn: burger and fried chicken chain in California and the US east coast. Had television and print advertisements starring puppets that were close in design to those on Sesame Street. Chain vanished in the mid to late 70s. Many of their barn-like structures, now housing independent fast-food restaurants, still remain in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere.
- Red Steer: Drive-thru in Boise, ID.
- Royal Castle Sold White Castle type mini-burgers.
- Super Boy
- Wags A restaurant chain similar to Shoney's.
- Wetson's, a restaurant from New Jersey
- Wimpy Grills Featured J. Wellington Wimpy, the cartoon character who hung around with Popeye, as the restaurant chain mascot. It was the first restaurant chain to go overseas. When its founder, Ed Gold, died in 1978, the chain closed all 1,500 restaurants in keeping with a provision in his will.
- Winky's, a burger chain that used the advertising motto "There's no Winky's in Wilmerding"
- White Clocks
- White Diamond
- White Domes
- White Tavern
- White Tower Hamburgers
- Yumi Boy
- Zantigo: Absorbed into the Taco Bell chain in 1986. Their most popular menu item was the Chilito. Zantigo is more common in the Midwest.
- Zapata: Also absorbed into the Taco Bell chain.
Corporations
- Yum! Brands, Inc. (a spin-off of PepsiCo) owns Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Long John Silver's, A&W, and Pizza Hut