Restaurants in Chicago, IL
13,261 active restaurants tracked in Chicago. Vendor-facing rankings by review count and growth velocity, plus verified owner contacts. Refreshed weekly.
across metro Chicago
69% of tracked restaurants
chain-influenced
11% of Chicago
Available rankings
Browse the Chicago, IL restaurant market by total reviews or by current growth, with verified owner contacts behind each ranking.
Fastest growing Chicago, IL restaurants
Active restaurants opening new locations and picking up new reviews in the last 90 days.
Largest Chicago, IL restaurants
#1 Fogo De Chão · 725,913 reviews
About the Chicago restaurant market
Orbital tracks 13,261 active restaurants across metro Chicago, 1486 of which operate multiple locations. The top 25 by review count account for 24% of all reviews in the market, a concentrated leadership tier with strong brand equity.
The remaining 11,775 restaurants are single-location independents, the long tail that B2B vendors typically need higher-volume prospecting motions to reach.
Common questions
How many restaurants are in Chicago?
Orbital tracks 13,261 active restaurants across metro Chicago. 1,486 of them operate multiple locations; 11,775 are single-location independents.
Which Chicago restaurant has the most reviews?
Fogo De Chão leads Chicago restaurants with 725,913 total reviews across all locations. See the full Largest 25 ranking above for the rest of the leaders.
How concentrated is the Chicago restaurant market?
The top 25 restaurants hold 24% of all review volume in Chicago. 9,094 restaurants have 100+ reviews; the long tail is dominated by single-location independents under 100 reviews.
Are most Chicago restaurants independent or chains?
89% of Chicago restaurants are single-location independents. The remaining 11% (1,486 businesses) operate two or more locations , these are the most common targets for B2B vendors selling into expanding restaurant chains.
Where can I get verified contact info for Chicago restaurant owners?
Every restaurant in the Largest 25 and Fastest Growing rankings above unlocks verified owner / GM contacts: mobile phones, work emails, and decision-maker titles. Contacts come from a separate 20+ source scan and refresh monthly.
Methodology
This restaurant directory tracks active businesses across metro Chicago and rolls them up by business name. Records refresh weekly from 12+ public and private data sources, independently verified against at least two of them. Owner contacts come from a separate 20+ source scan and refresh monthly.
For a national view of restaurant industry data, browse every metro and state in the directory.
About Orbital
Orbital is the Zoominfo for companies selling to SMBs. Our platform enables companies to get their whole TAM (total addressable market) in a box, find contacts not on LinkedIn, and score accounts with custom ICP attributes. The restaurant directory you're reading right now is one slice of that platform, covering every US metro and state. See why companies including Instacart, Classpass, and Jobber are using Orbital today.
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