List of restaurant chains

This article fills an information gap by centralizing entries across all restaurant chain categories, from large international fast-food giants to small regional specialty chains. It serves as a convenient starting point for food industry researchers, travelers planning dining options, and consumers looking to explore new chain brands.

The expansion of this list and its sub-pages mirrors the overall growth of the global chain restaurant industry. It clearly demonstrates how chain dining concepts have spread from their early origins in North America and Europe to every major region of the world, and captures the rise of new popular chain categories like bubble tea, hot pot, and specialty coffee that have emerged from Asian markets in recent decades.

The decision to split the overgrown main list into smaller regional sub-articles was a practical editorial improvement. It makes the content far more readable, and aligns with how most users search for chain restaurant information: by the geographic region they care about, rather than browsing a single massive global list.