Waffle House locations map
Waffle House has about 2,100 locations in the United States, spread across 25 states. The most are in Georgia (458), Florida (199) and North Carolina (193). Per person, Georgia has the most, with 4.1 locations for every 100,000 residents.
- Category
- Breakfast & diner
- US locations
- about 2,100 (2,105 mapped)
- States
- 25
- Founded
- 1955
- Headquarters
- Georgia
Waffle House locations by state
| State | Locations | Per 100,000 people | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 458 | 4.1 | 21.8% |
| Florida | 199 | 0.9 | 9.5% |
| North Carolina | 193 | 1.7 | 9.2% |
| South Carolina | 181 | 3.3 | 8.6% |
| Alabama | 168 | 3.3 | 8.0% |
| Tennessee | 158 | 2.2 | 7.5% |
| Texas | 138 | 0.4 | 6.6% |
| Louisiana | 105 | 2.3 | 5.0% |
| Mississippi | 92 | 3.1 | 4.4% |
| Ohio | 89 | 0.7 | 4.2% |
| Virginia | 70 | 0.8 | 3.3% |
| Kentucky | 61 | 1.3 | 2.9% |
| Arkansas | 49 | 1.6 | 2.3% |
| Missouri | 38 | 0.6 | 1.8% |
| Indiana | 24 | 0.3 | 1.1% |
| Oklahoma | 19 | 0.5 | 0.9% |
| Arizona | 15 | 0.2 | 0.7% |
| Maryland | 12 | 0.2 | 0.6% |
| Colorado | 10 | 0.2 | 0.5% |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | 0.08 | 0.5% |
| West Virginia | 5 | 0.3 | 0.2% |
| Delaware | 4 | 0.4 | 0.2% |
| Kansas | 4 | 0.1 | 0.2% |
| Illinois | 2 | 0.02 | 0.1% |
| New Mexico | 1 | 0.05 | 0.0% |
States without a Waffle House
26 states have no Waffle House location in our data: Alaska, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Chains with a similar footprint
These chains are spread across the country in the most similar way:
- Zaxby's 79% overlap
- Captain D's 75% overlap
- Cato 72% overlap
- Hibbett 71% overlap
- Citi Trends 70% overlap
- Cracker Barrel 65% overlap
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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 Waffle House.