Sonic Drive-In locations map
Sonic Drive-In has about 3,500 locations in the United States, spread across 47 states. The most are in Texas (899), Oklahoma (258) and Tennessee (248). Per person, Oklahoma has the most, with 6.3 locations for every 100,000 residents.
- Category
- Burgers
- US locations
- about 3,500 (3,497 mapped)
- States
- 47
- Founded
- 1963
- Headquarters
- Oklahoma
Sonic Drive-In locations by state
| State | Locations | Per 100,000 people | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 899 | 2.9 | 25.7% |
| Oklahoma | 258 | 6.3 | 7.4% |
| Tennessee | 248 | 3.4 | 7.1% |
| Arkansas | 189 | 6.1 | 5.4% |
| Missouri | 184 | 2.9 | 5.3% |
| Louisiana | 158 | 3.4 | 4.5% |
| Kansas | 131 | 4.4 | 3.7% |
| Mississippi | 120 | 4.1 | 3.4% |
| South Carolina | 103 | 1.9 | 2.9% |
| North Carolina | 98 | 0.9 | 2.8% |
| Alabama | 95 | 1.8 | 2.7% |
| Florida | 88 | 0.4 | 2.5% |
| Arizona | 87 | 1.1 | 2.5% |
| Kentucky | 85 | 1.9 | 2.4% |
| California | 80 | 0.2 | 2.3% |
| Colorado | 78 | 1.3 | 2.2% |
| Virginia | 75 | 0.9 | 2.1% |
| Georgia | 71 | 0.6 | 2.0% |
| New Mexico | 69 | 3.2 | 2.0% |
| Illinois | 51 | 0.4 | 1.5% |
| Ohio | 44 | 0.4 | 1.3% |
| Nebraska | 29 | 1.4 | 0.8% |
| Indiana | 27 | 0.4 | 0.8% |
| New York | 25 | 0.1 | 0.7% |
| Nevada | 23 | 0.7 | 0.7% |
| Idaho | 21 | 1.0 | 0.6% |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | 0.1 | 0.5% |
| Michigan | 16 | 0.2 | 0.5% |
| Utah | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5% |
| Washington | 14 | 0.2 | 0.4% |
| New Jersey | 13 | 0.1 | 0.4% |
| Oregon | 13 | 0.3 | 0.4% |
| Maryland | 12 | 0.2 | 0.3% |
| Iowa | 10 | 0.3 | 0.3% |
| Connecticut | 7 | 0.2 | 0.2% |
| West Virginia | 7 | 0.4 | 0.2% |
| Wyoming | 6 | 1.0 | 0.2% |
| Minnesota | 5 | 0.09 | 0.1% |
| North Dakota | 4 | 0.5 | 0.1% |
| Alaska | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1% |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 0.04 | 0.1% |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1% |
| South Dakota | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1% |
| Delaware | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1% |
| Hawaii | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1% |
| Montana | 2 | 0.2 | 0.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0.02 | 0.0% |
States without a Sonic Drive-In
4 states have no Sonic Drive-In location in our data: District of Columbia, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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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 Sonic Drive-In.