Breakfast and diner chains in the US

Our maps cover 15 breakfast and diner chains in the US. The biggest is Waffle House, with about 2,100 locations in 25 states, followed by IHOP (about 1,700) and Denny's (about 1,200). IHOP has the most locations in 18 of the 50 states.

Biggest breakfast and diner chains in each state

State	Most locations	Locations	Runner-up	Locations
Alabama	Waffle House	167	Huddle House	36
Alaska	IHOP	4	Denny's	1
Arizona	Denny's	72	IHOP	42
Arkansas	Waffle House	49	IHOP	15
California	Denny's	341	IHOP	221
Colorado	IHOP	37	Denny's	19
Connecticut	IHOP	11	Denny's	3
Delaware	IHOP	8	Bob Evans	5
District of Columbia	Denny's	2	IHOP	1
Florida	Waffle House	200	IHOP	141
Georgia	Waffle House	457	IHOP	84
Hawaii	Denny's	6	IHOP	6
Idaho	Denny's	8	IHOP	7
Illinois	Denny's	43	IHOP	39
Indiana	Bob Evans	32	Cracker Barrel	28
Iowa	Perkins	23	IHOP	10
Kansas	IHOP	30	Cracker Barrel	5
Kentucky	Waffle House	61	Cracker Barrel	37
Louisiana	Waffle House	105	IHOP	23
Maine	IHOP	7	Denny's	2
Maryland	IHOP	54	Denny's	22
Massachusetts	IHOP	20	Cracker Barrel	4
Michigan	Bob Evans	42	IHOP	27
Minnesota	Perkins	49	Denny's	8
Mississippi	Waffle House	92	Huddle House	17
Missouri	Waffle House	38	IHOP	33
Montana	IHOP	4	Perkins	3
Nebraska	IHOP	7	Perkins	7
Nevada	Denny's	41	IHOP	23
New Hampshire	IHOP	4	Cracker Barrel	1
New Jersey	IHOP	50	Cracker Barrel	6
New Mexico	Denny's	27	IHOP	17
New York	IHOP	63	Denny's	27
North Carolina	Waffle House	193	Biscuitville	71
North Dakota	Perkins	5	Denny's	3
Ohio	Bob Evans	178	Waffle House	89
Oklahoma	IHOP	35	Waffle House	19
Oregon	Denny's	17	IHOP	17
Pennsylvania	Eat'n Park	49	Perkins	36
Rhode Island	IHOP	5	Denny's	2
South Carolina	Waffle House	181	Eggs Up Grill	41
South Dakota	Perkins	12	IHOP	2
Tennessee	Waffle House	158	Cracker Barrel	49
Texas	IHOP	225	Denny's	182
Utah	Denny's	18	IHOP	18
Vermont	Denny's	2	–
Virginia	Waffle House	70	IHOP	67
Washington	IHOP	40	Denny's	39
West Virginia	Tudor's Biscuit World	61	Bob Evans	27
Wisconsin	IHOP	26	Denny's	18
Wyoming	Perkins	5	Denny's	3

All 15 breakfast and diner chains on our maps

Chain	Locations	States	Most in
Waffle House	2,104	25	Georgia
IHOP	1,684	48	Texas
Denny's	1,231	49	California
Cracker Barrel	647	43	Florida
Bob Evans	408	18	Ohio
Perkins	256	31	Minnesota
Huddle House	244	20	Georgia
Black Bear Diner	168	14	California
Eggs Up Grill	104	10	South Carolina
Biscuitville	89	3	North Carolina
Keke's Breakfast Cafe	85	7	Florida
Metro Diner	73	13	Florida
Tudor's Biscuit World	72	4	West Virginia
Eat'n Park	56	3	Pennsylvania
Shoney's	54	12	Tennessee

Store locations from All the Places (data from October 2026), with gaps filled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Only chains on our maps with at least 25 locations are listed, so smaller local chains are missing. Counts can be a little off as stores open and close.