America’s Best Burger Restaurant Chain has 53 Locations in Minnesota

There are tons and tons of burger restaurants across the US and many of the biggest ones are right here in Minnesota. Even the burger chain that is considered the best in the US we have multiple locations of!

I'm actually a little surprised we only have 53 locations, however, most of them are in the Twin Cities and that's where I grew up so I guess that makes sense.

Before getting into the best-rated burger restaurant chains in the US, let's take a peek at the BIGGEST burger chains based on sales.

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The Biggest Burger Chains in America

According to IBIS World, there were 83,705 burger restaurants in the US as of 2023. That's a lot!

As for the top five biggest burger chains, Work + Money reports that the sales between number five and number one have a difference of tens of BILLIONS of dollars.

5. Dairy Queen

Sales in the US: $3.8 billion

4. Sonic

Sales in the US: $4.7 billion

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3. Wendy's

Sales in the US: $9.8 billion

2. Burger King

Sales in the US: $10.3 billion

1. McDonald's

Sales in the US: $40.4 billion

Not only is the difference between DQ and McDonald's huge, but the difference between BK and McDonald's is also massive!

The Best Burger Chain in Minnesota

Now let's get to the best burger restaurant chains based on reviews. I'll give you a hint at who takes the number one spot: it's a restaurant in the top five biggest in the country, but it's not McDonald's.