Growth
Steak 'n Shake 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 Steak 'n Shake's share of the category quarter by quarter, indexed to 2024 Q4 = 100.
| # | Chain | YoY share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
M
McDonald's
|
+1.0% |
| 2 |
W
Wendy's
|
-12.2% |
| 3 |
B
Burger King
|
+5.6% |
| 4 |
C
Culver's
|
+8.5% |
| 5 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
-3.6% |
| 6 |
W
Whataburger
|
+5.5% |
| 7 |
I
In-N-Out Burger
|
+10.1% |
| 8 |
J
Jack in the Box
|
-5.9% |
| 9 |
F
Five Guys
|
+2.5% |
| 10 |
H
Hardee's
|
-7.6% |
| 15 |
S
Steak 'n Shake
|
+7.1% |
Share of tracked category spend, indexed
Store footprint
Store map
409 tracked Steak 'n Shake locations across 25 US states.
Tracked stores by state
- Florida 82
- Illinois 58
- Indiana 54
- Ohio 42
- Missouri 39
- Georgia 29
- Kentucky 17
- Tennessee 16
- Texas 15
- Michigan 14
- North Carolina 8
- Alabama 5
- Arkansas 5
- Nevada 5
- Mississippi 4
- Iowa 3
- California 2
- Oklahoma 2
- Virginia 2
- West Virginia 2
- Colorado 1
- Kansas 1
- Maryland 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- South Carolina 1
Customer overlap
Who shops at Steak 'n Shake
Tracked chains Steak 'n Shake customers also buy from more than a similarly active shopper would, indexed to the strongest overlap (100). From real card transactions.
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