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The 2017 International 25

The 2017 International 25

Ranking the performance of the world’s largest foreign restaurant chains

The International Top 25 is a look at the 25 largest restaurant chains and parent companies with headquarters outside of the United States and Canada based on their worldwide foodservice sales. Sales figures are worldwide foodservice sales and are in millions of U.S. dollars. Unit counts are year-end worldwide system units. Estimated sales per unit figures are U.S. dollars, in thousands.

Related: Retail crossovers, digital and delivery fuel growth overseas

Sales and unit results were calculated by London-based Euromonitor International. Estimated sales per unit figures were calculated by Nation’s Restaurant News.

Note: On Sept. 1, 2016, FamilyMart Co. Ltd. Merged with Uny Group Holdings Co., operator of licensed Circle K and proprietary Sunkus convenience-store chains, to create FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co. As of December 2016, 219 Circle K Sunkus stores had been converted to the FamilyMart brand.

*Actual results, estimates or projections. Sales figures are in U.S. dollars, fixed at 2016 exchange rates.

RANK CHAIN HEADQUARTERS SEGMENT 2016 SALES 2016 VS. 2015 SALES % CHANGE 2016 UNITS 2016 VS. 2015 UNIT % CHANGE

1

7-Eleven

Tokyo

C-Store

$18,192.70

6.51%

60,911

6.11%

2

FamilyMart 1

Tokyo

C-Store

$4,491.70

5.82%

18,461

6.34%

3

Lawson

Tokyo

C-Store

$4,439.60

4.42%

12,983

7.55%

4

JD Wetherspoon

Watford, England

Bar/Pub

$2,113.80

-0.35%

755

-0.13%

5

Costa Coffee

Dunstable, England

Coffee Shop

$2,052.70

18.22%

3,500

7.13%

6

Paris Baguette

Seongnam, South Korea

Limited Service/Bakery Products

$1,809.90

6.00%

3,524

5.04%

7

Sukiya

Tokyo

Limited Service/Asian

$1,640.40

5.85%

1,966

-0.71%

8

Yoshinoya

Tokyo

Limited Service/Asian

$1,620.60

3.10%

1,838

2.68%

9

Dicos

Changhua, China

Chicken

$1,613.30

5.00%

2,376

1.11%

10

Jollibee

Pasig City, Philippines

Limited Service/Filipino

$1,529.80

12.39%

1,073

8.82%

11

Ikea Restaurant

Delft, Netherlands

Cafeteria

$1,525.00

6.06%

380

3.26%

12

Gusto

Tokyo

Casual Dining

$1,517.30

-1.94%

1,358

-2.23%

13

Nando's

Johannesburg

Chicken

$1,500.40

9.63%

1,281

4.06%

14

Hotto Motto

Fukuoka, Japan

Delivery/Takeaway

$1,397.10

-3.50%

2,655

-1.01%

15

Akindo Sushiro

Osaka, Japan

Limited Service/Asian

$1,376.90

9.36%

451

8.15%

16

Saizeriya

Asahi City, Japan

Casual Dining

$1,289.40

12.14%

1,312

12.33%

17

MOS Burger

Tokyo

Limited Service/Burger

$1,221.10

2.52%

1,699

-0.41%

18

Sunkus

Tokyo, Japan

C-Store

$1,200.40

-7.55%

2,473

-6.15%

19

Lotteria

Seoul, South Korea

Limited Service/Burger

$1,127.30

1.69%

1,926

1.00%

20

Greggs

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Limited Service/Burger

$1,002.80

3.80%

1,743

2.65%

21

Mini Stop

Chiba, Japan

C-Store

$946.30

6.76%

5,071

2.61%

22

Uotami

Tokyo

Bar/Pub

$919.50

2.74%

739

2.92%

23

Kura Zushi

Osaka, Japan

Limited Service/Asian

$911.90

5.40%

388

6.01%

24

Tank & Rast

Bonn, Germany

C-Store

$910.30

2.27%

445

0.68%

25

Mister Donut

Osaka, Japan

Limited Service/Bakery Products

$907.30

-10.44%

2,481

-5.99%

TOTALS:/AVERAGE % CHANGES:

$57,257.50

4.24%

131,789

2.87%

YEAR-OVER-YEAR % CHANGE:

5.09%

4.90%

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