Five Guys Enterprises, LLC/Five Guys Holdings, LLC, doing business as Five Guys, is a fast casual restaurant chain focused on hamburgers, hot dogs, and French fries, with its headquarters in the Lorton community in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. The first Five Guys restaurant opened in 1986 in Arlington County, Virginia, and between 1986 - 2001 they expanded to five locations scattered through the DC-metro area.
In early 2003, the chain began franchising, opening the doors to rapid expansion. In just a year and a half, permits had been sold for over 300 franchised locations, catching the attention of the national restaurant industry. As of 2012, Five Guys has over 1000 locations open throughout the United States and Canada and over 1500 locations under development. They were proclaimed the fastest growing fast food chain, with a 32.8% sales increase from 2010 to 2011.
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