Trends · data through September 2026

Burger Chains in Columbus, OH

Iceflower tracks 391 stores from 41 burger chains in Columbus, OH. Burger King grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Five Guys and Swensons Drive-In.

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 chains: 41
Tracked stores: 391
Consumer panel: 130M+

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. Burger King and Five Guys sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	B Burger King	-	+5.5%
2	F Five Guys	-	+3.9%
3	S Swensons Drive-In	▲2	+3.5%
4	S Steak 'n Shake	-	+3.2%
5	M McDonald's	-	+0.8%
6	W White Castle	-	-1.8%
7	S Shake Shack	-	-2.5%
8	W Wendy's	-	-4.5%
9	H Hardee's	▼1	-13.8%
10	R Rally's	-	-14.4%
11	C Checkers and Rally's	▼1	-18.4%
12	S Sonic Drive-In	-	-23.1%

McDonald's
Wendy's
Burger King
Culver's
Steak 'n Shake
White Castle
Five Guys
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

391 tracked store locations in Columbus, OH. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

McDonald's (106)
Wendy's (102)
Burger King (57)
Culver's (4)
Steak 'n Shake (13)
White Castle (22)
Five Guys (18)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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