High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Applebee’s International, Inc., is an American company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee`s Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant chain. As of September 2011, there were 2,010 restaurants operating system-wide in the United States, one U.S. territory and 14 other countries. The company is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri after moving from Lenexa, Kansas in September 2011.