300 Concord Plaza Dr, San Antonio, TX 78216
Approximately 95-100% of the Whataburger restaurant locations are linked in the Atlas Research Platform.
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Whataburger began in 1950 when Harmon Dobson opened the first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The company is headquartered in San Antonio. Whataburger operates a single quick serve burger concept. Its cuisine is Burger. Menus include made-to-order hamburgers, chicken, breakfast items, fries and beverages. Locations serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, and many operate around the clock. Service channels include drive-through, dine-in, pickup and delivery. Most restaurants are company-operated, while a small share are franchised. A typical restaurant has about 50 seats and occupies approximately 2,500 square feet. Restaurant footprints, dining areas and site configurations vary across the system.
RestaurantPipeline activity
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October Week 3 · Source file: October Week 2, 2026
333 Center Point Rd · Weatherford, TX 76087
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RestaurantData’s selected archived development trail for Whataburger begins with a March 1999 report in San Antonio, Texas. The reports document a multi-state history, with supporting opening-year research adding to later records and extending the selected view through 2026.
For sales teams and investors, these historical windows help compare current development with earlier activity and place individual locations within the brand’s longer expansion history.
4 states with signals
5+ states with signals
10+ states with signals
15+ states with signals
Selected location history and opening signals, 1998–2026.
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Vector readout: The 2011–2013 window contains 40+ selected signals across 4 states. The 2019–2021 window adds 50+ across 10+ states. The 2023–2025 combined history contains 240+ selected signals across 15+ states under broader research coverage, with a partial 2026 segment.
The 2023–2025 window has a broader source mix than the earlier house-report windows. The 2026 segment is partial. Development report years may precede the opening year recorded for a restaurant.
RestaurantData source trail: Archived house reports provide the solid trail through 2017. From 2018 on, the combined records include later house reports and researched opening years, so house reports continue within the dotted segment. A development report year and an opening year can differ for the same location.
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Source: RestaurantData archived U.S. development reports and supporting restaurant-location research. Headquarters, franchisee offices, unrelated namesakes, renovations, transfers and unresolved addresses are excluded. Signal counts of 10 or more are rounded down to tens; counts from 5 to 9 use that range. State bands of 5 or more are rounded down to multiples of 5. Smaller counts are shown directly.
The latest included dated evidence is 2026. The 2026 segment is partial. Development reports may describe planned restaurants. The six examples use the date basis shown on each card. A report year is not necessarily an opening year, and location verification dates are not used as opening dates. Historical locations may have closed.
The solid segment uses archived house report dates through 2017. Combined records, from 2018 on, add researched opening years and continuing house reports. Markers identify years with selected dated evidence; connecting lines are illustrative between those years. Coverage varies across jurisdictions and years. These selections do not represent complete opening totals, current operating units or net growth. Gaps alone do not establish a pause or contraction.
Last updated November 2026.
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Historical reference: Whataburger in the Top 300 Restaurant Concepts 2018 report on RestaurantChains.net.
For additional historical addresses and source details, see the Whataburger location archive on RestaurantChains.net.
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