These Publicly Traded Casual Restaurants Earn the Most Per Store

Casual-dining concepts were forced to navigate a rough 2020, with widespread jurisdictional restrictions and customer hesitancy. 

With so many things changing last year, it's a good opportunity to take another look at how economics have changed, particularly restaurants' average-unit volume. 

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The following is a list of publicly traded full-service concepts that earn the most per store and operate at least 200 units in the U.S. 

Average sales per unit: $7.8 million

U.S. unit count: 206

Total change in units from 2019: 0

Average sales per unit: $4.6 million

U.S. unit count: 572

Total change in units from 2019: 19

Average sales per unit: $4.5 million

U.S. unit count: 868

Total change in units from 2019: 2

Average sales per unit: $3.7 million

U.S. unit count: 209

Total change in units from 2019: 1

Average sales per unit: $3.2 million

U.S. unit count: 538

Total change in units from 2019: 8

Average sales per unit: $3.1 million

U.S. unit count: 706

Total change in units from 2019: –18

Average sales per unit: $3 million

U.S. unit count: 663

Total change in units from 2019: 3

Average sales per unit: $2.6 million

U.S. unit count: 1,233

Total change in units from 2019: –11

Average sales per unit: $2.5 million

U.S. unit count: 220

Total change in units from 2019: –5

Average sales per unit: $2 million

U.S. unit count: 546

Total change in units from 2019: –10

Average sales per unit: $1.9 million

U.S. unit count: 1,600

Total change in units from 2019: –65

Average sales per unit: $1.3 million

U.S. unit count: 1,670

Total change in units from 2019: –40

Average sales per unit: $1.2 million

U.S. unit count: 1,504

Total change in units from 2019: –55

Average sales per unit: $1.1 million

U.S. unit count: 409

Total change in units from 2019: 41