Chain · United States · data through September 2026

K Krystal logo Krystal

Iceflower tracks 261 Krystal stores across 14 US states and 1 territory. It ranks #21 of 4,290 tracked US burger chains by card spend. Its share of tracked category spend moved -1.7% over the last year.

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 stores
261
States
14
Category
Burger Chains
Category rank
#21

Growth

Krystal against its category

The biggest tracked US burger chains by card spend, with year-over-year growth of category share. Share means a chain's slice of tracked category spend. It can decline while the chain's own sales grow. The chart tracks Krystal's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.

# Chain YoY share
1 M McDonald's logo McDonald's +1.0%
2 W Wendy's logo Wendy's -12.2%
3 B Burger King logo Burger King +5.6%
4 C Culver's logo Culver's +8.5%
5 S Sonic Drive-In logo Sonic Drive-In -3.6%
6 W Whataburger logo Whataburger +5.5%
7 I In-N-Out Burger logo In-N-Out Burger +10.1%
8 J Jack in the Box logo Jack in the Box -5.9%
9 F Five Guys logo Five Guys +2.5%
10 H Hardee's logo Hardee's -7.6%
21 K Krystal logo Krystal -1.7%

Share of tracked category spend, indexed

100 89.3 2024 Q4 2026 Q3

Store footprint

Store map

261 tracked Krystal locations across 14 US states and 1 territory.

Customer overlap

Who shops at Krystal

Tracked chains Krystal customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.

F Food City logo Food City 100
W Weigel's logo Weigel's 66
J Jack's logo Jack's 38
M MAPCO logo MAPCO 34
Z Zaxby's logo Zaxby's 31
W Wind Creek Casino & Hotel Wetumpka 29
W Wind Creek Casino logo Wind Creek Casino 26
G Git 'N Go logo Git 'N Go 25
F Food Depot logo Food Depot 24

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