Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked barbecue chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. This Is It! Southern Kitchen & Bar-B-Q and Moe's Original BBQ sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
T
This Is It! Southern Kitchen & Bar-B-Q
|
- | +11.3% |
| 2 |
M
Moe's Original BBQ
|
- | +4.4% |
| 3 |
D
Dickey's Barbecue Pit
|
- | -13.0% |
| 4 | C Cue Barbecue | ▲1 | -18.5% |
| 5 |
S
Shane's Rib Shack
|
- | -30.3% |
| 6 |
S
Smokey Bones
|
▼1 | -54.1% |
- City Barbeque
- Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q
- Sonny's BBQ
- Shane's Rib Shack
- Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q
- Sweet Auburn BBQ
- Cue Barbecue
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
231 tracked store locations in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- City Barbeque (7)
- Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q (2)
- Sonny's BBQ (4)
- Shane's Rib Shack (21)
- Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q (2)
- Sweet Auburn BBQ (2)
- Cue Barbecue (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
S
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2
C
City Barbeque 7
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3
T
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4
S
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5
D
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6
S
Sonny's BBQ 4
- 7 C Cue Barbecue 3
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8
M
- 9 B BBQ Masters 2
- 10 S Slope's BBQ 2
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11
B
Big D's BBQ 2
- 12 O Ole Rudy's Bar-B-Que 2
- 13 S Smoke House Q 2
- 14 D Dreamland BBQ 2
- 15 F Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q 2
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16
W
Williamson Bros. Bar-B-Q 2
- 17 F Foggy Bottom BBQ 2
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18
L
Loyal Q and Brew 2
- 19 P Pig-N-Chik BBQ 2
- 20 S Sweet Auburn BBQ 2
- 21 M Mable's Barbeque Smoked Meat 1
- 22 F Farmhouse Produce & The BBQ Kitchen 1
- 23 T The Mustard Seed Bar-B-Q 1
- 24 U Uncle C's BBQ 1
- 25 S Smoke and BBQ 1
- 26 R Ruztic BOYZ BBQ 1
- 27 T Tookes Country Bar-B-Que 1
- 28 S Sharpe's Southern Smoke Shack 1
- 29 Q Que On 142 1
- 30 H Hudson's Hickory House 1
- 31 F Fox Bros BBQ 1
- 32 T The House Restaurant ATL 1
- 33 T The Royal Pig BBQ 1
- 34 Z Zeigler's BBQ & Catering 1
- 35 U Uncle Mell's Baker 1
- 36 A Atl Gom Bbq 1
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37
J
J's Smokehouse LLC 1
- 38 J Jack's Feed Store & BBQ 1
- 39 B Big J's Southern Cooking and Catering 1
- 40 C Crowe's Open Air Bar-B-Que and Catering 1
- 41 S Smoky Kitchen BBQ 1
- 42 E Edee's Shack 1
- 43 C Cowboy's BBQ 1
- 44 J J's Simply Soul 1
- 45 S Sky BBQ 1
- 46 S Screen House Barbecue 1
- 47 D DBA Tacos and BBQ 1
- 48 G GQ's Bar B Que 1
- 49 D DC Wings and BBQ 1
- 50 M Mac's BBQ 1
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