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. D.C. Cobb's and Hardee's sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D D.C. Cobb's | ▲1 | +17.0% |
| 2 |
H
Hardee's
|
▲1 | +14.8% |
| 3 |
S
Steak 'n Shake
|
- | +9.9% |
| 4 |
B
Burger King
|
- | +8.0% |
| 5 |
C
Culver's
|
▲1 | +4.5% |
| 6 |
S
Shake Shack
|
- | +4.2% |
| 7 | B Bumper 2 Burger | ▲4 | +3.9% |
| 8 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | +1.1% |
| 9 | S Schoop's Hamburgers | ▼1 | +1.1% |
| 10 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | +0.5% |
| 11 |
W
White Castle
|
- | -2.8% |
| 12 | E Epic Burger | ▲1 | -3.9% |
| 13 | T Twisted Burger | ▲2 | -8.2% |
| 14 |
C
Checkers
|
▲1 | -9.5% |
| 15 |
C
Checkers and Rally's
|
▲1 | -10.4% |
- McDonald's
- Culver's
- Wendy's
- Burger King
- White Castle
- Shake Shack
- Five Guys
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,359 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (471)
- Culver's (92)
- Wendy's (172)
- Burger King (226)
- White Castle (66)
- Shake Shack (14)
- Five Guys (38)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
-
2
B
-
3
W
Wendy's 172
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4
C
-
5
W
-
6
F
-
7
S
-
8
S
Sonic Drive-In 16
-
9
S
-
10
C
- 11 S Schoop's Hamburgers 12
-
12
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 10
-
13
S
Smashburger 8
-
14
C
-
15
J
Jack in the Box 7
- 16 U Urban Counter 6
- 17 M M Burger 6
-
18
T
Tommy's Red Hots 5
- 19 E Epic Burger 4
-
20
H
- 21 L Lucky Dog 4
- 22 T Twisted Burger 4
- 23 D Dog n Suds 3
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24
A
A&W Restaurant 3
- 25 B Bumper 2 Burger 3
- 26 J Jimmy's Famous Burgers 3
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27
S
Small Cheval 3
- 28 D D.C. Cobb's 3
-
29
F
Fatburger 2
- 30 J Johnny's Beef & Gyros 2
- 31 B Burgerhaus 2
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32
D
Dear Franks 2
- 33 T The Stand 2
- 34 T The Halal Burger 2
- 35 F Firefly Burger 2
- 36 K Kuma's Corner 2
- 37 P Patellis 1
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38
B
Beef-A-Roo 1
- 39 G Grando's Hotdogs 1
- 40 B Burger Bull Restaurant 1
- 41 P Polar Bear 1
- 42 B Baby's Cheesesteak 1
- 43 B Blue Top Drive In 1
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44
G
Gordon Ramsay Burger 1
- 45 M Mikkey's Retro Grill 1
-
46
S
South Holland Gyros 1
- 47 T The Manhattan Firehouse Grill 1
- 48 B Bada Boom Beef 1
- 49 T Tore & Luke's 1
- 50 G Guys Grille Gyros & More 1
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