Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Birmingham, AL

Iceflower tracks 279 stores from 37 burger chains in Birmingham, AL. Milo's Hamburgers grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Guys and Hamburger Heaven.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains: 37
Tracked stores: 279
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked burger 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. Milo's Hamburgers and Five Guys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M Milo's Hamburgers	▲1	+18.5%
2	F Five Guys	-	+9.1%
3	H Hamburger Heaven	-	+7.0%
4	B Burger King	▲2	+6.8%
5	M McDonald's	-	+2.4%
6	S Sonic Drive-In	▼1	+1.9%
7	K Krystal	-	+1.9%
8	J Jack's	-	-0.3%
9	H Hardee's	-	-6.4%
10	F Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers	-	-8.6%
11	W Wendy's	▼1	-12.7%
12	W Whataburger	▼1	-12.8%
13	C Checkers	-	-100.0%

McDonald's
Jack's
Milo's Hamburgers
Sonic Drive-In
Burger King
Whataburger
Wendy's
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

279 tracked store locations in Birmingham, AL. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

McDonald's (54)
Jack's (52)
Milo's Hamburgers (11)
Sonic Drive-In (21)
Burger King (33)
Whataburger (12)
Wendy's (27)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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