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. First Watch and Texas Roadhouse sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
F
First Watch
|
▲20 | +19.4% |
| 2 |
T
Texas Roadhouse
|
- | +18.9% |
| 3 | B Buttermilk | ▲13 | +18.7% |
| 4 | B Baba's Famous Steak & Lemonade | ▲12 | +18.3% |
| 5 | P Perry's Steakhouse & Grille | ▲16 | +17.1% |
| 6 | T The Patio | ▲9 | +13.3% |
| 7 |
R
Red Lobster
|
▲6 | +13.1% |
| 8 |
L
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar
|
▲7 | +11.8% |
| 9 |
S
Shake Shack
|
▲6 | +11.7% |
| 10 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
▲8 | +10.2% |
| 11 | L La Mexicanita | ▲15 | +10.1% |
| 12 |
T
The Cheesecake Factory
|
- | +10.0% |
| 13 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +10.0% |
| 14 |
M
Moretti's
|
▲3 | +9.9% |
| 15 |
B
BIBIBOP Asian Grill
|
▲13 | +9.8% |
- Restaurant
- Fast Food Restaurant
- Pizzaria
- Coffee Shop
- Casual Eatery
- Sandwich Shop
- Bar
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
13,756 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, colored by category.
- Restaurant (4,901)
- Fast Food Restaurant (2,114)
- Pizzaria (1,216)
- Coffee Shop (1,028)
- Casual Eatery (916)
- Sandwich Shop (749)
- Bar (642)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
S
Starbucks 501
-
2
M
McDonald's 414
-
3
D
Dunkin' 286
-
4
J
Jimmy John's 229
-
5
B
Burger King 227
-
6
S
Subway 215
-
7
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 169
-
8
W
Wendy's 162
-
9
D
Domino's Pizza 151
-
10
T
Taco Bell 148
-
11
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 135
-
12
W
Wingstop 121
-
13
P
Panera Bread 119
- 14 D Dairy Queen 113
-
15
L
Little Caesars 107
-
16
P
Panda Express 107
-
17
C
Casey's 103
-
18
B
Baskin-Robbins 100
-
19
P
Potbelly Sandwich Shop 99
-
20
C
Culver's 89
-
21
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 67
-
22
W
White Castle 65
-
23
C
Chick-fil-A 63
-
24
R
Rosati's Pizza 62
-
25
K
KFC 60
-
26
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 57
-
27
A
Arby's 56
-
28
P
Portillo's 48
-
29
N
Noodles & Company 47
-
30
P
Papa John's Pizza 46
-
31
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe 45
-
32
P
Pizza Hut 42
-
33
C
Chili's Grill & Bar 41
-
34
S
Smoothie King 39
-
35
F
Five Guys 37
-
36
I
IHOP 34
-
37
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 32
- 38 L La Michoacana 30
-
39
O
Oberweis 29
-
40
B
Buona 28
-
41
L
Lou Malnati's 28
-
42
C
Charleys Cheesesteaks 28
-
43
N
Nothing Bundt Cakes 27
-
44
A
Aurelio's Pizza 26
-
45
D
Denny's 26
-
46
H
Harold's Chicken Shack 24
-
47
M
McAlister's Deli 23
-
48
O
Olive Garden 23
-
49
C
Church's Chicken 22
-
50
J
Jet's Pizza 22
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