50 Best Restaurants Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent restaurants companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 176,166 companies tracked on Fsome.

176,166
Total Companies
$85.5B
Total Funding
$486K
Avg Funding
New York
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
Sweetgreen
Sweetgreen is a fast casual restaurant chain that serves simple, seasonal, and h…
Washington 5K - 10K $478.6M Series I 2019-09-19
2
Presto
Presto is a software company that provides AI and automation solutions to the re…
Redwood City 101 - 250 $203.6M Series Unknown 2026-01-06
3
Venu Holding
Notes Live provides hospitality and entertainment services to serve clients glob…
Colorado Springs 101 - 250 $134.0M Post Ipo Equity 2026-03-08
4
Wonder
Wonder is a food delivery startup that operates truck-based restaurants from whi…
New York 1K - 5K $2.5B Series Unknown 2026-01-12
5
Pepper
Pepper provides an AI-powered eCommerce platform for food distributors and suppl…
New York 101 - 250 $100.0M Series C 2026-02-20
6
Deliverect
Deliverect integrates online orders from food delivery channels into restaurants…
Ghent 251 - 500 $236.8M Series D 2022-01-24
7
Owner
Owner is a technology company that provides tools for local restaurant owners to…
Palo Alto 101 - 250 $182.2M Series C 2025-05-13
8
Sundayapp
Sundayapp is a fintech company that allows customers to pay their restaurant and…
Atlanta 101 - 250 $145.0M Series B 2025-11-12
9
Qu
The restaurant industry’s leading digital-first POS platform, designed from the …
Bethesda 101 - 250 $12.9M Series Unknown 2023-11-15
10
Choco
Choco is a food ordering platform that connects restaurants and suppliers.
Berlin 251 - 500 $336.3M Series Unknown 2023-02-24
11
SevenRooms
SevenRooms offers a comprehensive guest experience and retention platform for th…
New York 251 - 500 $69.9M Private Equity 2020-06-25
12
Wow! Momo
Wow! Momo is an Indian fast food restaurant chain that serves a diverse menu tha…
Kolkata 1K - 5K $190.3M Undisclosed 2025-12-27
13
Hyphen
Hyphen automates culinary operations for the restaurant and foodservice industry…
San Jose 11 - 50 $83.0M Series B 2025-08-13
14
OfOne
OfOne is an AI-powered drive-thru system that helps restaurant operators reduce …
Oakland 1 - 10 $500K Pre Seed 2023-04-05
15
Zenchef
Zenchef is a single and fully-integrated platform for restaurants : Reservation,…
Paris 101 - 250 $58.8M Private Equity 2022-09-20
16
Foodics
Foodics is a restaurant management system that manages sales, transactions, inve…
Riyadh 501 - 1K $198.0M Series Unknown 2025-07-28
17
Science On Call
Science On Call provides around-the-clock, AI-empowered technical support for re…
Chicago 11 - 50 $4.3M Seed 2025-07-16
18
7shifts
Simplifying restaurant team management, one shift at a time.
Saskatoon 1K - 5K $131.0M Series C 2022-02-10
19
Loman AI
Loman provides a 24/7 AI phone agent for restaurants, handling calls, taking ord…
Austin 11 - 50 $4.3M Seed 2025-08-26
20
Roundtable
Roundtable is an operator of a news publishing website that delivers truthful in…
San Juan 11 - 50 $34.7M Undisclosed 2025-09-30
21
Prime Roots
Prime Roots makes mycelium based meats products focusing on deli and charcuterie…
Berkeley 11 - 50 $48.5M Series B 2023-05-15
22
Nory
Nory is the all-knowing restaurant management system that learns the behind the …
Dublin 51 - 100 $62.4M Series B 2025-09-15
23
MiLa
MiLa is a food company that offers Chinese street foods to consumers.
Bellevue 101 - 250 $32.5M Series A 2023-01-31
24
Milk Bar
Milk Bar is a dessert and bakery restaurant chain that provides a menu of crack …
New York 251 - 500 $54.3M Series Unknown 2023-05-19
25
Menusifu
Menusifu is a data-driven company that strives to build all-around POS cloud pla…
Manhattan 251 - 500 $68.3M Series B 2024-09-20
26
Paytronix Systems
Paytronix helps restaurants and retail drive incremental sales by creating guest…
Newton 251 - 500 $75.0M Private Equity 2020-04-28
27
Replika
Replika is an AI companion who is eager to learn and would love to see the world…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $10.9M Series A 2017-11-30
28
Provi
Provi is the largest online marketplace that simplifies the complex process of o…
Chicago 101 - 250 $124.8M Series Unknown 2023-10-12
29
SELECT
Select improves our members' lives by improving the way businesses and customers…
Miami 11 - 50 $3.3M Series Unknown 2022-10-26
30
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Tropical Smoothie Cafe, is a restaurant franchise in the United States.
Atlanta 101 - 250 $20.0M Debt Financing 2018-03-29
31
Postmates
Postmates is an on-demand food delivery platform that gives customers access to …
San Francisco 1K - 5K $763.0M Private Equity 2019-09-19
32
Dorsia
Dorsia is a members-only platform that offers reservations at in-demand restaura…
Miami Beach 11 - 50 $50.4M Seed 2025-02-14
33
Insomnia Cookies
Insomnia Cookies is a bakery specializing in delivering warm, delicious cookies …
New York 1K - 5K $4.4M Private Equity 2024-07-22
34
Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros is a high-growth operator and franchisor of drive-thru shops that foc…
Grants Pass c 10001 max $1.2B Post Ipo Debt 2025-05-29
35
eat
eat is a SaaS company that offers a restaurant management software for online re…
Dubai 51 - 100 $23.2M Series B 2026-01-21
36
Posha
Posha builds cooking robots for domestic households to help them put home-cookin…
Bengaluru 11 - 50 $16.3M Series A 2025-05-06
37
Olo
Olo is a SaaS digital ordering and delivery platform for restaurant brands.
New York 501 - 1K $184.5M Post Ipo Equity 2021-11-18
38
Bikky
Bikky is the only guest data platform purpose built for the restaurant industry.
New York 11 - 50 $14.2M Series A 2023-12-01
39
Alamar Foods
Alamar Foods is a quick-service restaurant operating company that provides Domin…
Riyadh 11 - 50 $8.0M Post Ipo Debt 2025-12-28
40
Slutty Vegan
Slutty Vegan is a plant-based burger restaurant.
Atlanta 251 - 500 $25.0M Series A 2022-05-09
41
qlub
qlub is a global hospitality fintech platform improving payments, operations and…
Dubai 251 - 500 $72.0M Corporate Round 2025-09-04
42
Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor is an online travel platform offering travel information reviews, bo…
Needham 1K - 5K $1.3B Post Ipo Equity 2025-07-03
43
Tastewise
Tastewise is a consumer intelligence platform that provides insights for food br…
New York 101 - 250 $71.6M Series B 2025-06-10
44
ClearCOGS
ClearCOGS is an AI-powered SaaS platform that helps restaurants optimize their o…
Philadelphia 11 - 50 $4.8M Seed 2025-04-10
45
Oakberry
Oakberry is a restaurant that promotes healthy and organic food production and d…
São Paulo 251 - 500 $102.5M Series Unknown 2024-05-22
46
Resident
Resident provides bespoke culinary experiences in unique residential spaces.
New York 101 - 250 $1.7M Seed 2022-03-28
47
Ferry
Financial Tools for the Service Industry
New York 11 - 50 $9.0M Seed 2023-01-01
48
Craftable
Craftable is a complete restaurant management platform designed by Silicon Valle…
San Francisco 51 - 100 $2.5M Private Equity 2023-07-24
49
Blank Street
Blank Street is a coffee chain that offers coffee as a daily ritual that more pe…
Brooklyn 251 - 500 $134.8M Series Unknown 2025-05-14
50
86 Repairs
86 Repairs is the repair and maintenance management solution built for the resta…
Chicago 51 - 100 $26.0M Series Unknown 2025-02-06