Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked family restaurants & diners
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. Waffle House and Luby's sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
W
Waffle House
|
- | +10.0% |
| 2 |
L
Luby's
|
- | +9.8% |
| 3 |
B
Black Bear Diner
|
- | +7.1% |
| 4 |
M
Mama's Daughters' Diner
|
- | +5.9% |
| 5 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
- | +3.3% |
| 6 |
I
IHOP
|
- | +1.8% |
| 7 |
G
Grandy's
|
- | -1.4% |
| 8 |
D
Denny's
|
- | -9.9% |
| 9 | T Texas Cafe Diner | - | -17.6% |
- IHOP
- Waffle House
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- Denny's
- Luby's
- Our Place Restaurant
- True Kitchen + Kocktails
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
340 tracked store locations in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- IHOP (71)
- Waffle House (69)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (17)
- Denny's (50)
- Luby's (12)
- Our Place Restaurant (2)
- True Kitchen + Kocktails (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
I
-
2
W
-
3
D
-
4
C
-
5
L
-
6
G
-
7
M
- 8 C Country Cafe 4
- 9 T Texas Cafe Diner 3
-
10
B
- 11 B Bakers Square 2
- 12 E Eddie's Diner 2
- 13 T Texas Inn 2
- 14 M Mom's Cafe 2
- 15 J John's Cafe 2
-
16
H
Huddle House 2
-
17
M
Mimi's Cafe 2
- 18 L Local Diner 2
- 19 O Our Place Restaurant 2
- 20 C Chuck Wagon Restaurant 1
- 21 W Whistle Stop Cafe 1
- 22 F Farmhouse 1
- 23 B Bull's Pen Cafe 1
- 24 D Drew's Place 1
- 25 F Freshella Kitchen 1
- 26 M Mill Street Diner 1
- 27 M Maple Leaf Diner 1
- 28 J Jaykusteaux Custom Cuisine 1
- 29 R Real Texas Cafe 1
- 30 L Landmark Grill 1
- 31 S Southern Recipe 1
- 32 M Mean Greens 1
- 33 B Bay 34th Street Diner 1
- 34 R Ruggeri's Italiano Pescatore 1
- 35 G Gold Rush Cafe 1
- 36 T Torque Grill & Cantina 1
- 37 P Pappas Delta Blues Smokehouse 1
- 38 M Mason & Dixie 1
- 39 J Juicy's Soul Food Cafe 1
- 40 C Casserole Soul Cafe 1
- 41 T The Star-Out Cafe 1
- 42 H Hot Rodz Diner 1
- 43 C Clara's Kitchen 1
- 44 T Turkey Leg House 1
- 45 T The Malt Shop 1
- 46 C Cowboy Cafe 1
- 47 S Southern Eats 1
- 48 S Spice and Gravy Southern Eatery 1
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49
F
Friendly's 1
- 50 T Tejano's Diner 1
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