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 |
| Abuelo’s | 40 | $119 | $3.1 |
| Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar | 14 | $40 | $2.85 |
| Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar | 23 | $60 e | $2.7 e |
| Barcelona Wine Bar & Restaurant | 13 | $48 e | $3.75 e |
| Bareburger | 42 | $98 e | $2.38 |
| Black Angus Steakhouse | 44 | $160 e | $3.63 |
| Blue Sushi Sake Grill | 11 | $33 | $3.25 |
| Cantina Laredo | 40 | $100 | $3 |
| Carolina Ale House | 30 | $100 e | $3.8 e |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 28 | $200 | $8.3 |
| Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House | 13 | $167* | $14.4* |
| Del Frisco’s Grille | 24 | $107* | $5.1* |
| Dinosaur Bar-B-Que | 9 | $31 e | $3.5 e |
| Eddie V’s | 17 | $120 e | $7 e |
| Elmer's Restaurants | 26 | $50 e | $2.07 |
| Eureka! Restaurants | 22 | $70 | $3.2 |
| Famous Toastery | 22 | $30 | $1.5 |
| Firebirds Wood Fired Grill | 45 | $144 | $3.7 |
| Flying Biscuit Café | 14 | $20.7 | $1.48 |
| Fogo de Chão | 48 | $288.3 | $7.8 |
| Granite City Food & Brewery | 36 | $140 e | $3.9 e |
| Hickory Tavern | 27 | $75 e | $3 e |
| Houston’s | 16 | $124 e | $7.5 e |
| Il Fornaio | 21 | $116 e | $5.5 e |
| J. Alexander’s | 19 | $108 e | $5.7* |
| Jonathan’s Grille | 7 | $21 | $3.5 |
| Legal Sea Foods | 36 | $216 e | $6 |
| Native Grill & Wings | 34 | $62 | $2.1 |
| North Italia | 9 | $36 e | $4.5 e |
| Ocean Prime | 14 | $110 | $8.1 |
| Paul Martin's American Grill | 11 | $50 e | $5 |
| Pinstripes Bistro Bowling Bocce | 7 | $60 | $8.5 |
| RAM Restaurant & Brewery | 24 | $55 e | $2.5 e |
| Redlands Grill | 12 | $68 e | $5.7* |
| Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern | 24 | $63 | $2.6 |
| STK (ONE Group) | 15 | $150 e | $11.4* |
| Seasons 52 | 41 | $254* | $6.3 e |
| Snooze | 20 | $52 e | $3 |
| Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill | 12 | $43 e | $3.6 e |
| Sullivan’s Steakhouse | 18 | $78* | $4.4* |
| The Greene Turtle | 46 | $125 | $2.74 |
| The Matador | 14 | $35 | $3 |
| Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill | 8 | $46 | $5.8 |
| True Food Kitchen | 20 | $135 e | $7 e |
| Tupelo Honey Cafe | 15 | $55 e | $4 e |
| Wild Wing Cafe | 42 | $125 e | $2.8 e |
| Zea Rotisserie & Grill | 8 | $30 | $4.3 |
| Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar | 18 | $70 e | $3.9 e |
| b Restaurants (burgers / beer / bourbon) | 9 | $26 e | $3.2 e |
| matchbox American Kitchen + Spirits | 11 | $29 e | $3.1 e |
