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. Eggs Up Grill and Captain D's sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
E
Eggs Up Grill
|
▲4 | +17.3% |
| 2 |
C
Captain D's
|
▲6 | +15.4% |
| 3 | L La Unica | ▲4 | +14.8% |
| 4 |
S
Super Chix
|
▲3 | +11.5% |
| 5 |
C
Chex Grill & Wings
|
▲10 | +11.0% |
| 6 |
S
Steak 'n Shake
|
▲6 | +10.1% |
| 7 |
E
East Coast Wings + Grill
|
▲10 | +9.6% |
| 8 | W Waterbean Coffee | ▲2 | +9.4% |
| 9 |
M
Metro Diner
|
▲5 | +9.3% |
| 10 |
D
Dunkin'
|
▲4 | +9.2% |
| 11 |
S
sweetFrog Premium Frozen Yogurt
|
▲2 | +9.1% |
| 12 |
S
Summit Coffee
|
▲7 | +8.9% |
| 13 |
W
Waffle House
|
▲3 | +8.5% |
| 14 |
C
Chili's Grill & Bar
|
- | +6.4% |
| 15 |
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
|
▲10 | +5.5% |
- Casual Dining
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Burger Chains
- Other restaurants
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
6,000 tracked store locations in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, colored by category.
- Casual Dining (542)
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (536)
- Burger Chains (428)
- Other restaurants (407)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (364)
- Chicken & Wings Fast Food (341)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (330)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
S
Starbucks 147
-
2
M
McDonald's 111
-
3
B
Bojangles' 100
-
4
S
Subway 74
-
5
W
Wendy's 73
-
6
D
Domino's Pizza 65
-
7
C
Chick-fil-A 65
-
8
B
Burger King 59
-
9
P
Papa John's Pizza 56
-
10
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 55
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11
W
-
12
D
-
13
T
Taco Bell 44
-
14
A
Arby's 43
-
15
S
Smoothie King 38
-
16
P
Pizza Hut 38
-
17
Z
Zaxby's 36
-
18
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 35
-
19
J
Jimmy John's 33
-
20
F
Firehouse Subs 30
-
21
P
Panera Bread 30
-
22
L
Little Caesars 26
-
23
B
Baskin-Robbins 23
-
24
F
Five Guys 22
-
25
D
Dairy Queen 22
-
26
H
Hardee's 22
-
27
K
KFC 21
-
28
M
Marco's Pizza 21
-
29
M
McAlister's Deli 20
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30
W
Wingstop 19
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31
J
Jack in the Box 19
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32
S
Sonic Drive-In 18
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33
M
Moe's Southwest Grill 18
-
34
C
Cook Out 16
-
35
A
American Deli 16
-
36
S
Showmars 15
-
37
T
-
38
C
-
39
C
-
40
O
Outback Steakhouse 13
-
41
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 13
-
42
I
IHOP 13
-
43
C
-
44
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes 11
-
45
A
Applebee's Grill + Bar 11
-
46
S
-
47
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 11
-
48
Q
Qdoba 11
-
49
F
Famous Toastery 11
-
50
H
Hungry Howie's Pizza 11
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