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. Panda Express and Tropical Smoothie Cafe sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
P
Panda Express
|
▲2 | +20.0% |
| 2 |
T
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
|
▲12 | +19.1% |
| 3 |
T
The Cheesecake Factory
|
▲7 | +18.4% |
| 4 |
A
Anthony's Pizza & Pasta
|
▲10 | +18.2% |
| 5 |
T
Texas Roadhouse
|
▲1 | +17.4% |
| 6 |
P
P.F. Chang's
|
▲7 | +16.5% |
| 7 |
C
Chili's Grill & Bar
|
▲2 | +16.0% |
| 8 |
C
Culver's
|
▲6 | +15.3% |
| 9 |
S
Smoothie King
|
▲10 | +15.3% |
| 10 |
P
Postino WineCafe
|
▲6 | +15.1% |
| 11 |
M
MAD Greens
|
▲7 | +14.9% |
| 12 |
R
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
|
▲3 | +14.8% |
| 13 |
P
Panera Bread
|
▲6 | +14.7% |
| 14 |
D
Dunkin'
|
▲9 | +14.1% |
| 15 |
F
Firehouse Subs
|
▲3 | +13.5% |
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias
- Other restaurants
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes
- Casual Dining
- Burger Chains
- Sandwich & Sub Shops
- Other categories
Store footprint
Store map
8,077 tracked store locations in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO, colored by category.
- Bars, Pubs & Breweries (764)
- Mexican Restaurants & Taquerias (708)
- Other restaurants (596)
- Cafes & Bakery-Cafes (575)
- Casual Dining (542)
- Burger Chains (501)
- Sandwich & Sub Shops (499)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
S
Starbucks 317
-
2
S
Subway 167
-
3
M
McDonald's 129
-
4
T
Taco Bell 82
-
5
W
Wendy's 74
-
6
B
Burger King 66
-
7
C
Chipotle Mexican Grill 64
-
8
J
Jimmy John's 59
-
9
D
Domino's Pizza 57
-
10
Q
Qdoba 47
-
11
E
Einstein Bros. Bagels 45
-
12
D
Dairy Queen 45
-
13
C
Chick-fil-A 44
-
14
P
Papa Murphy's 42
-
15
N
Noodles & Company 42
-
16
P
Papa John's Pizza 40
-
17
K
KFC 39
-
18
P
-
19
P
Pizza Hut 37
-
20
W
Wingstop 36
-
21
A
Arby's 33
-
22
L
Little Caesars 32
-
23
S
Sonic Drive-In 32
-
24
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 31
-
25
D
Dutch Bros Coffee 29
-
26
P
-
27
J
Jersey Mike's Subs 26
-
28
B
Blackjack Pizza 24
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29
S
Smashburger 24
-
30
Z
Ziggi's Coffee 23
-
31
C
Cold Stone Creamery 22
-
32
S
Snarf's Sandwiches 22
-
33
T
Tokyo Joe's 22
-
34
V
Village Inn 20
-
35
D
-
36
F
Five Guys 19
-
37
C
-
38
G
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard 19
-
39
B
Buffalo Wild Wings 19
-
40
S
Santiago's Mexican Restaurant 19
-
41
F
-
42
I
IHOP 18
-
43
D
Dazbog Coffee 18
-
44
Q
Quiznos 17
-
45
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 17
-
46
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 15
-
47
M
-
48
R
-
49
M
Marco's Pizza 15
-
50
C
Carl's Jr. 15
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