This is the most common fast food chain in Alabama (and it isn’t McDonald’s)

This is the most common fast food chain in Alabama (and it isn’t McDonald’s)

This is the most common fast food chain in Alabama (and it isn’t McDonald’s)

8,727.

That’s the number of restaurants in Alabama.

4,803.

That’s the number of chain restaurants.

429.

That’s the number of locations for the most common restaurant in Alabama.

That’s a whole of food.

Stacker recently compiled a list of the most common fast food chains in Alabama using data from the Friendly City Lab at Georgia Tech. The list ranks restaurants by the number of locations in 2021 and includes fast food, fast casual and coffee chains.

Here are the top 20 most common fast food chains in Alabama and their number of locations:

20. Dairy Queen – 66

19. Captain D’s – 68

18. Little Caesars – 75

17. Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen – 78

16. Zaxby’s – 81

15. Papa John’s Pizza – 85

14. Chick-fil-A – 86

13. KFC – 91

12. Arby’s – 100

11. Wendy’s – 102

10. Sonic Drive In – 104

9. Hardee’s – 110

8. Waffle House – 116

6. (tie) – Domino’s Pizza – 127

6. (tie) – Pizza Hut

5. Taco Bell – 151

3. (tie) – Burger King – 161

3. (tie) – Jack’s – 161

2. McDonald’s – 243

1. Subway – 429