48 Best Burger Franchises in USA for 2022 (UPDATED RANKINGS)

Here is the top 48 best Burger Franchises you can start in USA:

1. MOOYAH

Investments $ 412,750
Year Brand Started – 2007
Offices – 35000

MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes is a fast-casual, “better burger” concept offering mouthwatering made-to-order burgers, French fries hand cut from Idaho potatoes, and real ice cream shakes.

2. Jollibee

Investments $ 450,000
Year Brand Started – 1975
Year Franchising Started – 1979
Offices – 1260

Franchise details: Jollibee
Official site

Joining the Jollibee Group is a winning investment. Through the years, we have developed into a company with the image that prizes customers above anything else. This is due to the fact that we are always up to date with current consumer trends, keeping a keen eye to what our customers are looking for. We constantly introduce new products, we keep in touch with our customers through various programs and promotion and we develop marketing campaigns that touch our customers’ sentiments.

3. Orion Food Systems LLC

Investments $ 59,500
Year Brand Started – 1982
Year Franchising Started – 1993
Offices – 996

Franchise details: Orion Food Systems LLC
Official site

Orion Food Systems franchises a variety of quick-service brands that place locations within nontraditional locations such as convenience stores, hospitals, colleges, sports arenas, shopping centers, airports and military bases. Brands include Hot Stuff Pizza, Gourmet Grub, Chopz, and Chix Chicken.

4. A&W

Investments $ 269,000
Year Brand Started – 1919
Year Franchising Started – 1925
Offices – 957

Franchise details: A&W
Official site

A&W is an iconic brand that is experiencing a major renaissance under new franchisee ownership. The A&W Brand is owned by a partnership of international and domestic franchisees, including the National A&W Franchisees Association (NAWFA).

5. Whataburger

Investments $100,000
Year Brand Started – 1950
Year Franchising Started – 1950
Offices – 821

Franchise details: Whataburger

A Great Company, A Great Burger. Those simple ideas have guided us through more than 55 years of Whataburger history, which began in 1950 when Harmon Dobson opened the first Whataburger in Corpus Christi, Texas.

6. Red Robin

Investments $ 1,865,000
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 1969
Year Franchising Started – 1969
Offices – 566

Franchise details: Red Robin
Official site

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers was founded in 1969. It is a casual dining restaurant chain that serves up wholesome, fun, feel-good experiences in a family-friendly environment. Red Robin restaurants are famous for serving more than 22 high-quality gourmet burgers in a variety of recipes with Bottomless Steak Fries, as well as salads, soups, appetizers, entrees, desserts, and signature Mad Mixology Beverages.

7. Steak n Shake Enterprises Inc.

Investments $ 672,000
Year Brand Started – 1934
Year Franchising Started – 1945
Offices – 497

Franchise details: Steak n Shake Enterprises Inc.
Official site

Gus Belt opened the first Steak n Shake in 1934 in the town of Normal, Illinois. Franchising began in 1945. The menu consists of the company's signature steakburgers (which Belt used to grind from round, sirloin and T-bone steaks right in front of his customers) and hand-dipped milk shakes, along with sandwiches, hot dogs, salads and sides.

8. Burgerim

Investments $200,000
Year Brand Started – 2008
Year Franchising Started – 2010
Offices – 450

Franchise details: Burgerim

Burgerim’s menu includes 11* tasty varieties of 2.8 oz burger patties, including classics like beef, turkey and veggie along with lamb, salmon, and other proteins. A variety of toppings, salads, and sides allow every guest to build a satisfying and filling meal.

9. Hooters

Investments $ 956,500
Franchise fee $75,000
Year Brand Started – 1983
Year Franchising Started – 1986
Offices – 426

Franchise details: Hooters
Official site

The first Hooters Restaurant opened in Clearwater, Florida, in 1983. The company, known for its Hooters Girls waitresses, began franchising in 1986. The beach-theme restaurants feature sports displayed on flat-screen TVs and a menu offering seafood, sandwiches, burgers, salads, chicken wings and alcohol.

10. Johnny Rockets

Investments $ 605,500
Year Brand Started – 1986
Year Franchising Started – 1987
Offices – 402

Franchise details: Johnny Rockets
Official site

Experience the inviting charm of a classic diner re-envisioned by the next generation. Passion for food comes first here, and it’s served by staff who know a thing or two about creating a great burger. Time-honored traditions like hand-spun shakes are complimented by unique new offers like craft sodas and floats. We’ve honed our craft and boast the best burger in town. We’re willing to put our signature on every dish that leaves our kitchen.

11. Fuddruckers

Investments $100,000
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 1980
Year Franchising Started – 1984
Offices – 180

Franchise details: Fuddruckers
Official site

Fuddruckers operates and franchises restaurants that specialize in high-quality, upscale hamburgers cooked to order.

12. Flamers

Investments $ 171,000
Franchise fee $25,000
Year Brand Started – 1987
Year Franchising Started – 1987
Offices – 152

Franchise details: Flamers
Official site

Flamers' recipe for its tremendous success has been combining great food with an easy to use system and high-traffic customer locations. The final ingredient for continued success is YOU!

13. Teriyaki Madness

Investments $270,699
Franchise fee $45,000
Year Brand Started – 2003
Year Franchising Started – 2015
Offices – 140

Franchise details: Teriyaki Madness
Official site

TMAD provides a cooler, healthier, and more fulfilling alternative to the usual fast food experience of burgers, subs, and pizzas.

14. Big Boy

Investments $ 861,800
Franchise fee $40,000
Year Brand Started – 1936
Year Franchising Started – 1952
Offices – 109

Franchise details: Big Boy
Official site

In 1936, Bob Wian sold his DeSoto Roadster and used the money to buy a small hamburger stand in Glendale, California, naming it Bob's Pantry. A customer request inspired him to create the first double-decker hamburger, and another customer, a six-year-old boy who would often help sweep up the restaurant in exchange for a free hamburger, inspired him to name it the Big Boy. Franchising of Big Boy Restaurants began in 1952, and today the company is headquartered in Warren, Michigan.

15. Quaker Steak & Lube

Investments $ 473,500
Year Brand Started – 1974
Year Franchising Started – 1997
Offices – 50

Franchise details: Quaker Steak & Lube
Official site

In 1974, with gas prices rising and gas stations closing around the country, George "Jig" Warren III and Gary "Moe" Meszaros sought to preserve the culture of those old gas stations by opening Quaker Steak & Lube, a restaurant decorated with old muscle cars.

16. Cheeburger Cheeburger

Investments $ 175,000
Franchise fee $24,000
Year Brand Started – 1986
Year Franchising Started – 1991
Offices – 45

Franchise details: Cheeburger Cheeburger
Official site

The first Cheeburger Cheeburger, named for a Saturday Night Live sketch, opened on Sanibel Island in Florida, in 1986. The company began franchising its 50's-style diners five years later. The menu offers customizable hamburgers, french fries, salads and milk shakes.

17. Bareburger

Investments $ 987,000
Year Brand Started – 2002
Year Franchising Started – 2009
Offices – 40

Franchise details: Bareburger
Official site

We started with a music venue named Sputnik in Brooklyn's Bed Stuy back in 2002. The place was everything you can imagine: dive bar, art space, performance space, and a small kitchen the size of a closet buried off to the corner.

18. Bandana's Bar-B-Q

Investments $ 380,200
Franchise fee $40,000
Year Brand Started – 1996
Year Franchising Started – 2004
Offices – 32

Franchise details: Bandana's Bar-B-Q
Official site

The tradition began in September of 1996 when our first Bandana's BAR-B-Q opened in Arnold, Missouri. Our mission remains the same, to provide the best Southern Style BAR-B-Q, with exceptionally quick service, in a friendly, family atmosphere. Our real wood pit smokers operate 24 hours a day, which is why you can "SMELL THAT SMOKE" every time you come to Bandana's BAR-B-Q.

19. Symposium Café

Investments $ 816,500
Franchise fee $50,000
Year Brand Started – 1996
Year Franchising Started – 2004
Offices – 22

Franchise details: Symposium Cafe
Official site

Symposium Cafe Restaurant & Lounge is a unique, exciting, food service concept: an upscale, licensed, full service restaurant chain; with a restaurant menu that caters to a variety of meal categories (breakfast, brunch, burgers, and much more) and includes decadent desserts, European coffees and specialty beverages. Each location is open 7 days, from early morning to late.

20. Atomic Wings

Investments $ 175,000
Year Brand Started – 1989
Year Franchising Started – 1991
Offices – 21

Franchise details: Atomic Wings
Official site

Atomic Wings was originally conceived in 1981. Our founder, Adam Lippin, couldn't find the hot, crispy wings that he savored during his college years in Buffalo. He spent several years perfecting the art behind the perfect chicken wing.

21. BGR The Burger Joint

Investments $ 195,000
Franchise fee $50,000
Year Brand Started – 2008
Year Franchising Started – 2008
Offices – 21

Franchise details: BGR The Burger Joint
Official site

BGR The Burger Joint: In a burger world of one hit wonders meet the Rolling Stones.

22. BullChicks

Investments $ 120,550
Franchise fee $39,000
Year Brand Started – 2006
Year Franchising Started – 2011
Offices – 19

Franchise details: BullChicks
Official site

BullChicks was established to serve low cost, satisfying meals to the general public, especially striving students with a low budget.

23. Little Big Burger

Investments $ 212,000
Year Brand Started – 2010
Year Franchising Started – 2010
Offices – 17

Franchise details: Little Big Burger
Official site

Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2010, Little Big Burger is a fast-casual restaurant concept offering fresh, high quality cooked-to-order burgers, truffle fries and root beer floats.

24. Squeeze In

Investments $ 400,000
Franchise fee $45,000
Year Brand Started – 1974
Year Franchising Started – 2008
Offices – 14

Franchise details: Squeeze In
Official site

At Farmer Boys Breakfast Burgers and More, we are deeply committed to supporting our franchisees. Well help you find the right location, teach you our time-honored techniques and provide ongoing assistance to help you grow your business.

25. Five Guys

Investments $ 152,600
Franchise fee $25,000
Year Brand Started – 1986
Year Franchising Started – 2002
Offices – 12

Franchise details: Five Guys
Official site

At Five Guys, we don't like to talk about ourselves very much. We would rather focus on making burgers. So if you're interested in franchising, we hope it's because you love our burgers, love that we have a simple menu, and want to serve great burgers in a clean and friendly environment with very little fuss. If you feel that way, then there isn't much more to say!

26. Lumberjacks Restaurant

Investments $ 427,800
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 2004
Year Franchising Started – 2011
Offices – 10

Franchise details: Lumberjacks Restaurant
Official site

By offering an extensive menu of classic dishes with something for everyone, families can enjoy a log cabin dining experience that they just can't get enough of at any other place. With a value matched by none, Lumberjacks is proud to announce its next wave of growth and continues to look for additional qualified franchisees to help carry on the Lumberjacks legacy.

27. Bad Daddy's

Investments $ 590,000
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 2008
Year Franchising Started – 2011
Offices – 10

Franchise details: Bad Daddy's
Official site

In 2007, the first Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar opened on East Blvd. in Charlotte, NC. It was an immediate success, and for good reason. Our philosophy to prepare simple foods–such as the quintessential American dish, the hamburger–with culinary passion satisfied a craving among restaurant-goers like nothing had before.

28. Arthur Treacher's

Investments $ 45,000
Year Brand Started – 1969
Year Franchising Started – 2002
Offices – 8

Franchise details: Arthur Treacher's
Official site

Arthur Treacher's brings old England's national snack of batter-fried fish escorted by huge fries to these shores to satisfy All-American appetites!

29. Jakes Uptown Burgers

Investments $ 342,000
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 1985
Year Franchising Started – 2012
Offices – 7

Franchise details: Jakes Uptown Burgers
Official site

You know when you go out of town to visit a good friend and they take you to a great local hangout where the food is great and the vibe is relaxed, fun and exciting? Yeah, that’s Jakes! We’re kind of like your favorite pair of jeans we fit perfectly to where you can be yourself.

30. Virginia Barbeque

Investments $ 81,500
Franchise fee $25,000
Year Brand Started – 2000
Year Franchising Started – 2004
Offices – 7

Franchise details: Virginia Barbeque
Official site

Our model has been specifically designed to be family friendly to our customers and the franchise owner. Owners are drawn to the business because of the lifestyle freedoms that are unique to our chain that opens at 11 am and closes no later than 9pm.

31. Baby's Badass Burgers

Investments $54,000
Year Brand Started – 2008
Year Franchising Started – 2008
Offices – 6

Franchise details: Baby's Badass Burgers
Official Site

With a Baby's Badass Burgers Franchise, you will be serving a product that can't be beat, enjoying low start-up costs, unparalleled support and a sure-fire media explosion in your market. Now expanding nationally, BBB are looking for motivated entrepreneurs who want to add their drive, passion and strong work ethic to our proven business model for a remarkable recipe for success!

32. Friends American Grill

Investments $225,250
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 2010
Year Franchising Started – 2010
Offices – 5

Franchise details: Friends American Grill
Official site

Friends is a neighborhood grill & bar. We are locally owned and operated by Ray Stanjevich and Suzanne Cartwright, with locations in the Atlanta suburbs of Dacula, Dawsonville, Suwanee, Buford and Winder.

33. Char Hut

Investments $250,000
Franchise fee $30,000
Year Brand Started – 1976
Year Franchising Started – 2000
Offices – 4

Franchise details: Char Hut
Official site

Char-Hut is a recognized regional innovator in the specialty burger industry throughout Southern Florida.

34. Food Truck

Investments $ 99,000
Franchise fee $25,000
Year Brand Started – 2010
Year Franchising Started – 2011
Offices – 4

Franchise details: Food Truck

One of the rapidly growing areas of the restaurant and food service industry is the demand for readily available, economically priced and tasty meals. In other words, those meals provided by gourmet food trucks. Food Truck Franchise Group is a master franchisor of gourmet food truck and restaurant businesses throughout the United States. We are a team of experts that are here to help the new and old, alike, in the ever expanding world of food, its preparation, service and packaging.

35. Burger Village

Investments $ 589,000
Franchise fee $40,000
Year Brand Started – 2013
Year Franchising Started – 2014
Offices – 3

Franchise details: Burger Village
Official site

With over 15 years of experience in food industry and restaurant management, Burger Village is a dream concept and creation of four Long Islander brothers – Sam, Nick, Vick & Ravi. They have also owned QSRs and full service restaurant in the past; and due to their expansive individual experiences each of them has their unique contribution to Burger Village such as operations, cooking skills, recipes, management, marketing and service which overall provides customers with a qualitative dining experience.

36. Burger Nation

Investments $ 300,333
Franchise fee $35,000
Year Brand Started – 2011
Year Franchising Started – 2016
Offices – 2

Franchise details: Burger Nation
Official site

Burger Nation prides itself in putting out a top notch product by only using best quality ingredients. Burger Nation provides a list of signature burgers that are carefully crafted to tingle any taste buds & a build your own burger menu to give the same creative freedom to its customers.

37. Juicy Burgers

Investments $ 50,414
Franchise fee $39,000
Year Brand Started – 1978
Year Franchising Started – 2016
Offices – 2

Franchise details: Juicy Burgers
Official site

At a Juicy Burgers Restaurant it's all about the hamburgers. They're always made fresh and to order – right in front of you. All you have to do is taste one of our hot fresh custom hamburgers and you'll be hooked.

38. Top Burger

Investments $ 200,900
Franchise fee $24,900
Year Brand Started – 2012
Year Franchising Started – 2015
Offices – 2

Franchise details: Top Burger

Inspired by the Californian burger scene, Top Burger, burgers and beers was born. Our mission is simply to produce premium quality burger with a healthy twist. Picture our space, Americana sports bar meets urban interiors. Dine in or take away. Uber Eats coming soon.

39. Slaters 50/50

Investments $600,000
Year Brand Started – 2009
Year Franchising Started – 2016
Offices – 1

Franchise details: Slaters 50/50
Official site

For years Slater's 50/50 has been preparing for it's march across America to preach the gospel of Burgers, Bacon & Beer and now YOU can be a disciple.

40. The Tuckaway Tavern & Butchery

Investments $ 1,351,733
Year Brand Started – 2012
Year Franchising Started – 2012
Offices – 1

Franchise details: The Tuckaway Tavern & Butchery
Official site

It’s time for a franchise model that completely redefines the market place. One that offers a business model no one has done with such success and market potential.

41. Philly Connection

Investments $150,000
Franchise fee $10,000
Year Brand Started – 1984
Year Franchising Started – 2018
Offices – 1

Franchise details: Philly Connection

Official site

Since 1984, Atlanta-based Philly Connection restaurants have been perfecting the Cheesesteak sandwich.

42. Five Finger Philly

Investments $ 72,150
Year Brand Started – 2017
Year Franchising Started – 2018
Offices – 1

Franchise details: Five Finger Philly
Official site

Five Finger Philly’s mission is to serve the best cheesesteaks with only the freshest ingredients and most attentive service to each and every customer.

43. Craft Burger Bar

Investments $100,000
Franchise fee $30,000
Year Brand Started – 2015
Year Franchising Started – 2015
Offices – 1

Franchise details: Craft Burger Bar
Official site

Craft Burger bar isnt just another burger joint! We serve ONLY first quality genuine WAGYU beef burgers. If you havent tasted a Wagyu beef burger yet you are in for a treat!

44. Teddy's Bigger Burgers

Investments $ 350,000
Franchise fee $25,000
Year Brand Started – 1997
Year Franchising Started – 2005

Franchise details: Teddy's Bigger Burgers
Official site

As the owner of a Teddy’s Bigger Burger franchise, you will operate your business knowing that you are backed up by a highly experienced team of people that know exactly how to treat customers to an exceptional food experience.

45. Shoney's

Investments $ 200,000
Year Brand Started – 1947

Franchise details: Shoney's
Official site

Shoney’s is Today’s All-American Kitchen. We’ve grown a lot since our first location opened doors in 1947. Today, Americans can find Shoney’s restaurants in 17 states. Our warm, welcoming environment keeps generations coming back for another serving.

46. Steak-Out Char-Broiled Delivery

Investments $ 223,100
Year Brand Started – 1986
Year Franchising Started – 1988

Franchise details: Steak-Out Char-Broiled Delivery
Official site

Steak-Out Char-Broiled Delivery® understands that peoples' demanding schedules require ease in meal preparation. Our business is to deliver hot, complete meals right to their door. Providing our guests with convenience without sacrificing the quality is our goal.

47. The Rusty Dog

Investments $ 85,400
Franchise fee $20,000
Year Brand Started – 2015

Franchise details: The Rusty Dog
Official site

Founded in 2015 by the Greiner family of Boise, Idaho, The Rusty Dog—"America's Corndog" has begun the national franchise development of its state fair-themed food trucks with a home made delicious product, a super-clean image, low start-up costs, and a 100% social distancing-friendly business model.

48. Tickle My Ribs

Investments $ 150,000

Franchise details: Tickle My Ribs
Official site

Tickle My Ribs BBQ is a family-friendly dining experience serving up mouth-watering, hickory-smoked BBQ with a taste of the south served on the side.