Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc., headquartered in Carrollton, Texas, is a global restaurant company.

Carlson Restaurants is divided into three divisions:

• T.G.I. Friday's U.S.A. (T.G.I. Friday's, Friday's® Front Row Sports Grill and Friday's American Bar)
• T.G.I. Friday's International (T.G.I. Friday's, Friday's American Bar and Friday's Front Row Sports Grill) 
• Pick Up Stix, a leader in the fast-casual segment.

As of October 2009, Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, a division of Carlson, Inc., operates, franchises and licenses more than 1000 restaurants in 60 countries.