With this list of the top 100 emerging chains with fewer than 100 locations, Nation’s Restaurant News set out to quantify which emerging brands truly possessed the most momentum across the U.S ...

Stacker analyzed data from YouGov to find the most popular chain restaurants in the U.S. as of the first quarter of 2025.

The top 10 casual dining chains now include Texas Roadhouse, Olive Garden, Chili's, Applebee's, Buffalo Wild Wings, LongHorn Steakhouse, Outback Steakhouse, The Cheesecake Factory, Red Lobster ...