Dairy Queen franchise owners in Texas: 99 groups, 467 locations

Largest Dairy Queen franchisees in Texas

Owner companies grouped by shared taxpayer numbers, names and business mailing addresses.

#	Owner group	TX locations	Also operates
1	Smith Dairy Queens, LTD.	38	—
2	CTX group (CTX Restaurants, Inc.)	37	—
3	Lynn group (Lynn Lee, Inc.)	34	Schlotzsky's (3), Cinnabon (1)
4	Richeson group (Richeson Restaurants, Inc. #1)	30	—
5	Dairy Queens group (Dairy Queens of Tyler, Inc.)	19	—
6	R & S Dairy Queens, Inc.	19	—
7	Thericheson group (Thericheson Group, LLC)	16	—
8	JRDQ, LLC	13	—
9	Centex Hometown Restaurant Group, Inc.	12	—
10	Z & G Enterprises, LLC.	12	—
11	Brady's Dairy Queen, Inc.	11	—
12	Southeast group (Southeast Corporation)	11	—
13	R.U.M. Enterprises, Inc.	10	—
14	Dulce, Inc.	9	—
15	Nathan Mayfield Co., Inc.	8	—
16	Treats group (5-Star Treats, Inc.)	8	—
17	Ole DQ, Inc.	7	—
18	Rahwd Enterprises LLC	7	—
19	Beall group (3 Beall Foods, Inc.)	6	—
20	CF Treats group (CF Treats #1, LLC)	6	—
21	Cinco DQ, Inc.	6	—
22	Rivera Food Services, LTD.	6	—
23	W.J.C.C.K., Inc.	6	—
24	Fal Co., L.L.C.	5	—
25	Five Star Dairy Queen, Inc.	5	—
26	South Texas Dairy Queens, Inc.	5	—
27	Treats Investments, LLC	5	—
28	DDQ Pro, Inc.	4	—
29	H&H DQ Investment, LLC	4	—
30	Sak group (Sak Food Investments Group, LLC)	4	—

Houston19

San Antonio18

Tyler9

El Paso8

Austin6

Lubbock5

Corpus Christi5

Waco5

Smith Dairy Queens, LTD., with 38 Texas locations as of October 2026.

467, run by 99 owner groups. Houston has the most with 19, followed by San Antonio with 18.

Each location in the Dairy Queen Texas owner list shows the owner company and group on record with the Texas Comptroller.

Some do. Lynn group (Lynn Lee, Inc.), for example, also operates Schlotzsky's (3) and Cinnabon (1) in Texas.