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Sit-down restaurants: store counts and closures

The 4 sit-down restaurants chains we grade have 4,015 US locations between them as of Oct 17, 2026. Over the past 12 months, 2 of them grew and 1 shrank on their store locators. Buffalo Wild Wings is the largest, with about 1,410 restaurants.

How the sit-down restaurants chains changed in the past year

12-month change on each chain’s store locator. Paler bars are estimates, not yet anchored to a company count.

Every sit-down restaurants chain we track

Chain	Sector	US count	12 months	Grade	Status
Olive Garden	Sit-down restaurants	949 company, May 31, 2026	–	C	Stable
Cracker Barrel	Sit-down restaurants	655 company, Sep 11, 2026	–	C	Stable
Chili's	Sit-down restaurants	about 1,210	▲ 0.3%	A	Stable
Outback Steakhouse	Sit-down restaurants	658	▼ 3.5%	B	Stable
Red Robin	Sit-down restaurants	475 company, Dec 28, 2025	–	C	–
Texas Roadhouse	Sit-down restaurants	732	–	B	Growing
Buffalo Wild Wings	Sit-down restaurants	about 1,410	▲ 3.3% estimate	B	Shrinking

Counts as of each chain’s latest clean weekly run (up to Oct 17, 2026), rounded to three significant figures. Grey rows are estimates: the company’s own count, shown because its store locator isn’t reliable enough right now. “Estimate” changes aren’t anchored to a company count yet.