Doughnuts and ice cream make sweet bedfellows at Dunkin' Brands Group. The company is a leading multi-concept quick-service restaurant franchisor that operates both the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins chains. It has more than 16,500 franchise locations operating in about 60 countries. With some 10,000 units in about 30 countries (including approximately 6,900 in the US), Dunkin' Donuts is the world's leading doughnut chain. Baskin-Robbins is a top ice cream and frozen snacks outlet with nearly 6,500 locations in 45 countries (2,500 in the US). Dunkin' Brands Group owns the intellectual property connected to its concepts and licenses those brands to its franchise operators. The company went public in mid-2011.