11 Key Stats: Quick Service Restaurants Compared

6. Takeaway dominance — 46.35% share of service types

Takeaway represented about 46.35% of the QSR market share in 2024, making it the single largest service type within quick service sales (Mordor Intelligence, 2025). This shows that many customers still prefer to pick up food and eat away from the restaurant rather than dine in. The takeaway-first pattern favors compact footprints near transit routes and quick pickup lanes that streamline order handoff. For owners, strengthening curbside handoff, app pickup windows, and insulated packaging are direct ways to protect margin while keeping throughput high. The takeaway share also intersects with digital ordering, since many pickups originate from mobile or web orders. Put simply, if your operation relies on dine-in traffic, this statistic is a reminder to build strong takeaway and pickup workflows or risk missing a large portion of customer demand. Source: Mordor Intelligence (2025).