Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked food & drink 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. Qdoba and CAVA sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Q
Qdoba
|
▲7 | +18.8% |
| 2 |
C
CAVA
|
▲2 | +15.7% |
| 3 |
D
Dave's Hot Chicken
|
▲3 | +13.5% |
| 4 | G George Howell Coffee | ▲7 | +13.2% |
| 5 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
▲1 | +12.5% |
| 6 |
B
Bartaco
|
▲5 | +10.5% |
| 7 | A Anna's Taqueria | ▲2 | +9.8% |
| 8 |
C
Caffè Nero
|
▲5 | +9.2% |
| 9 |
R
Ruth's Chris Steak House
|
- | +8.3% |
| 10 | F Fiorella's | ▲1 | +7.9% |
| 11 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲2 | +7.4% |
| 12 |
T
The Capital Grille
|
▲2 | +7.3% |
| 13 |
B
Blue Bottle Coffee
|
▲1 | +6.8% |
| 14 | N Nick's Place | ▲1 | +6.6% |
| 15 |
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
|
- | +6.5% |
- Casual Dining
- Pizzerias
- Other restaurants
- Coffee Chains
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
9,799 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, colored by category.
- Casual Dining (1,074)
- Pizzerias (957)
- Other restaurants (846)
- Coffee Chains (790)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (744)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (738)
- Bakeries, Donuts & Desserts (483)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
D
Dunkin' 449
-
2
S
Starbucks 248
-
3
M
McDonald's 159
-
4
D
Domino's Pizza 101
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5
S
Subway 94
-
6
B
Burger King 79
-
7
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 60
-
8
W
Wendy's 60
-
9
P
Panera Bread 55
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10
9
99 Restaurants 39
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11
F
Five Guys 39
-
12
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 37
-
13
A
Aroma Joe's Coffee 31
-
14
T
Taco Bell 31
-
15
K
KFC 28
-
16
C
-
17
D
Dairy Queen 20
-
18
M
Marylou's Coffee 20
-
19
L
Legal Sea Foods 19
-
20
O
OTTO 18
-
21
I
IHOP 18
-
22
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 18
-
23
1
110 Grill 16
-
24
S
-
25
C
-
26
C
Chili's Grill & Bar 15
-
27
P
-
28
B
Bertucci's Italian Restaurant 14
-
29
P
Playa Bowls 14
-
30
C
-
31
T
Tatte Bakery & Cafe 13
- 32 H Heav'nly Donuts 13
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33
F
Friendly's 12
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34
S
Sweetgreen 12
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35
Q
- 36 T Tavern in the Square 11
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37
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar 11
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38
O
Olive Garden 10
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39
J
J.P. Licks 10
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40
A
Auntie Anne's 9
-
41
W
Wingstop 9
-
42
L
LongHorn Steakhouse 8
- 43 E Evviva Trattoria 8
-
44
L
Life Alive Organic Cafe 8
- 45 N Nick's Place 8
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46
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 8
- 47 A Anna's Taqueria 7
-
48
M
Margaritas Mexican Restaurants 7
-
49
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 7
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50
T
Texas Roadhouse 7
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