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title: "Average-Unit Volumes of Emerging QSR Brands: 2026 Edition"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b127c550-e98b-4296-a720-27ba5fb3ee49
source: "QSR Magazine"
original_url: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/average-unit-volumes-of-emerging-qsr-brands-2026-edition/
author: "Danny Klein"
category: "Fast casual"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Fast casual"
topics: ["Emerging brands"]
published: 2026-09-01T19:22:34.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T15:31:11.353Z
image: https://www.qsrmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/portillosviennabeef.jpg
---

# Average-Unit Volumes of Emerging QSR Brands: 2026 Edition

**TL;DR:** QSR Magazine released its 2026 list of emerging QSR brands, including Sweetgreen and Portillo's, with data on average-unit volumes, systemwide sales, and unit count. The list is a follow-up to the previous year's edition.

*By Danny Klein, originally published in QSR Magazine on 2026-09-01. [Read the original](https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/average-unit-volumes-of-emerging-qsr-brands-2026-edition/).*

## Story

From Sweetgreen to Portillo’s, a look at how QSR’s Contenders list stacked up by AUV, systemwide sales, unit count, and more. Check out last year’s list here.

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## Entities

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- unit count (topic)
- average unit volumes (topic)

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Originally reported by Danny Klein, QSR Magazine (https://www.qsrmagazine.com/story/average-unit-volumes-of-emerging-qsr-brands-2026-edition/). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b127c550-e98b-4296-a720-27ba5fb3ee49).