News

Actions

Subway isn't just the largest restaurant chain in the US — it's the largest retailer, by far

Starbucks and McDonalds overshadowed by sandwiches
Posted

Back in 1998, TV show The Simpsons poked fun at the ubiquity of Starbucks, featuring a mall made up completely of the Seattle coffee company's stores. In the present day though, it's actually another retailer which is seemingly around every corner. As new data from the National Retail Federation shows, the retail company with the most stores in the U.S. is Subway - and by some margin.

As of 2016, there were almost 27,000 Subways in the country, almost 10,000 more than the second most common stores - those falling under the YUM! brand - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell combined. As for Starbucks? The chances of coming across one are still pretty high, with latest figures showing that there are 13,172 across the U.S.

Infographic: The Most Common Retail Stores in the U.S. | Statista You will find more statistics at Statista

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Tuesday

07/01/2025

Clear

-° / 73°

0%

Wednesday

07/02/2025

Clear

103° / 74°

0%

Thursday

07/03/2025

Clear

103° / 71°

0%

Friday

07/04/2025

Clear

96° / 66°

0%

Saturday

07/05/2025

Clear

96° / 68°

0%

Sunday

07/06/2025

Clear

99° / 70°

0%

Monday

07/07/2025

Clear

102° / 71°

0%

Tuesday

07/08/2025

Clear

103° / 73°

0%