Top 10 Full-Service Restaurants in the World in 2021 by Sales

Yum! Brands, Inc., Darden Restaurants, Inc., Dine Brands Global Inc, Brinker International Inc, and Bloomin' Brands Inc are the top 5 full-service restaurants in the world in 2021 by sales. Cumulatively, the top 10 full-service restaurants in the world generated food service sales of $53,018 million, where the highest sales were generated by Yum! Brands, Inc. ($12,032 million), followed by Darden Restaurants, Inc. ($8,282 million) and Dine Brands Global Inc ($8,032 million), while Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc ($2,323 million) generated the lowest foodservice sales. In terms of the geographical split, all the top 10 full-service restaurants in the world are based in North America. They employed a total of 512,246 people in 2021. The United States of America-based Yum! Brands, Inc. is the leading full-service restaurant in the world (by food service sales). The company reported revenues of $6,842 million for the fiscal year ended December 2022 (FY2022), an increase of 3.91% over FY2021. The company develops, operates, franchises, and licenses a global system of both traditional and non-traditional quick-service restaurants. It operates restaurants under the brand name KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Habit Burger Grill brands. In FY2021, it operated through a network of 53,424 restaurants in about 157 countries and territories and employs 36,000 people. Darden Restaurants, Inc. is one of the leading full-service restaurants in the world (by food service sales). The company reported revenues of $9,630 million for the fiscal year ending May 2022 (FY2022), an increase of 33.82% over the previous year. It is a full-service restaurant company, which operates restaurants under various brand names such as Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, The Capital Grille, Eddie V's, the Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, and Seasons 52. As of May 30, 2022, the company owned and operated 1,867 restaurants in the US and Canada and 60 franchised restaurants in the US, and Latin America and employs 178,956 people.