History: Launched in 1976, when Chip Wood opened his first store in an old Mariemont gas station. Sales: Between $500 million and $650 million a year, according to Ward.

The Starbucks branch was spearheaded by a group of deaf employees and allies, who modeled the cafe off of the company's first-ever "Signing Store" in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which opened in 2016.