FOOTNOTE: Sources for the data include company reports, SEC filings, and industry research. Numbers with an asterisk* are taken from the most recent annual report or SEC filing. Estimates (e) are associated with privately held companies that don’t release sales figures and are compiled from industry research.
FSR names the 50 high-potential, performance-proven full-service brands to keep on your radar—each with fewer than 50 locations.
| Restaurant | Number of Locations | Total Company Sales Millions | Average Unit Volume Millions |
| Fogo de Chão | 48 | $288.3 | $7.8 |
| Seasons 52 | 41 | $254* | $6.3 e |
| Legal Sea Foods | 36 | $216 e | $6 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 28 | $200 | $8.3 |
| Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House | 13 | $167* | $14.4* |
| Black Angus Steakhouse | 44 | $160 e | $3.63 |
| STK (ONE Group) | 15 | $150 e | $11.4* |
| Firebirds Wood Fired Grill | 45 | $144 | $3.7 |
| Granite City Food & Brewery | 36 | $140 e | $3.9 e |
| True Food Kitchen | 20 | $135 e | $7 e |
| Wild Wing Cafe | 42 | $125 e | $2.8 e |
| The Greene Turtle | 46 | $125 | $2.74 |
| Houston’s | 16 | $124 e | $7.5 e |
| Eddie V’s | 17 | $120 e | $7 e |
| Abuelo’s | 40 | $119 | $3.1 |
| Il Fornaio | 21 | $116 e | $5.5 e |
| Ocean Prime | 14 | $110 | $8.1 |
| J. Alexander’s | 19 | $108 e | $5.7* |
| Del Frisco’s Grille | 24 | $107* | $5.1* |
| Carolina Ale House | 30 | $100 e | $3.8 e |
| Cantina Laredo | 40 | $100 | $3 |
| Bareburger | 42 | $98 e | $2.38 |
| Sullivan’s Steakhouse | 18 | $78* | $4.4* |
| Hickory Tavern | 27 | $75 e | $3 e |
| Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar | 18 | $70 e | $3.9 e |
| Eureka! Restaurants | 22 | $70 | $3.2 |
| Redlands Grill | 12 | $68 e | $5.7* |
| Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern | 24 | $63 | $2.6 |
| Native Grill & Wings | 34 | $62 | $2.1 |
| Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar | 23 | $60 e | $2.7 e |
| Pinstripes Bistro Bowling Bocce | 7 | $60 | $8.5 |
| RAM Restaurant & Brewery | 24 | $55 e | $2.5 e |
| Tupelo Honey Cafe | 15 | $55 e | $4 e |
| Snooze | 20 | $52 e | $3 |
| Elmer's Restaurants | 26 | $50 e | $2.07 |
| Paul Martin's American Grill | 11 | $50 e | $5 |
| Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant | 13 | $48 e | $3.75 e |
| Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill | 8 | $46 | $5.8 |
| Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill | 12 | $43 e | $3.6 e |
| Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar | 14 | $40 | $2.85 |
| North Italia | 9 | $36 e | $4.5 e |
| The Matador | 14 | $35 | $3 |
| Blue Sushi Sake Grill | 11 | $33 | $3.25 |
| Dinosaur Bar-B-Que | 9 | $31 e | $3.5 e |
| Famous Toastery | 22 | $30 | $1.5 |
| Zea Rotisserie & Grill | 8 | $30 | $4.3 |
| matchbox American Kitchen + Spirits | 11 | $29 e | $3.1 e |
| b Restaurants (burgers / beer / bourbon) | 9 | $26 e | $3.2 e |
| Jonathan’s Grille | 7 | $21 | $3.5 |
| Flying Biscuit Café | 14 | $20.7 | $1.48 |
