Hardee's locations map
Hardee's has about 1,500 locations in the United States, spread across 31 states. The most are in North Carolina (199), Virginia (169) and Tennessee (142). Per person, South Carolina has the most, with 2.0 locations for every 100,000 residents.
- Category
- Burgers
- US locations
- about 1,500 (1,477 mapped)
- States
- 31
- Founded
- 1960
- Headquarters
- Tennessee
Hardee's locations by state
| State | Locations | Per 100,000 people | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 199 | 1.8 | 13.5% |
| Virginia | 169 | 1.9 | 11.4% |
| Tennessee | 142 | 2.0 | 9.6% |
| South Carolina | 111 | 2.0 | 7.5% |
| Alabama | 90 | 1.7 | 6.1% |
| Florida | 85 | 0.4 | 5.8% |
| Georgia | 84 | 0.8 | 5.7% |
| Illinois | 80 | 0.6 | 5.4% |
| Kentucky | 78 | 1.7 | 5.3% |
| Indiana | 69 | 1.0 | 4.7% |
| Missouri | 59 | 0.9 | 4.0% |
| Iowa | 47 | 1.4 | 3.2% |
| Mississippi | 39 | 1.3 | 2.6% |
| Wisconsin | 31 | 0.5 | 2.1% |
| Ohio | 30 | 0.3 | 2.0% |
| West Virginia | 23 | 1.3 | 1.6% |
| Minnesota | 22 | 0.4 | 1.5% |
| Arkansas | 21 | 0.7 | 1.4% |
| Michigan | 16 | 0.2 | 1.1% |
| Maryland | 14 | 0.2 | 0.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | 0.1 | 0.9% |
| Delaware | 9 | 0.9 | 0.6% |
| Kansas | 9 | 0.3 | 0.6% |
| North Dakota | 9 | 1.1 | 0.6% |
| South Dakota | 9 | 1.0 | 0.6% |
| Nebraska | 7 | 0.3 | 0.5% |
| Louisiana | 4 | 0.09 | 0.3% |
| Montana | 4 | 0.4 | 0.3% |
| New York | 1 | 0.01 | 0.1% |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 0.02 | 0.1% |
| Wyoming | 1 | 0.2 | 0.1% |
States without a Hardee's
20 states have no Hardee's location in our data: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington.
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Locations come from All the Places, which collects them from each chain's public store locator (data from September 2026). Counts can be a little off: new stores open, old ones close, and a few locations may be missing. Population figures are Census Bureau estimates for 2024. Guess the Chain is not affiliated with Hardee's.