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. Country Kitchen and Waffle House sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C
Country Kitchen
|
- | +8.0% |
| 2 |
W
Waffle House
|
▲1 | +6.8% |
| 3 |
F
Friendly's
|
- | +6.6% |
| 4 | L Lester's Diner | ▲1 | +3.4% |
| 5 | B Beach Diner | - | +3.2% |
| 6 |
M
Metro Diner
|
- | +2.9% |
| 7 |
M
Mel's Diner
|
- | +1.5% |
| 8 |
H
Huddle House
|
▼1 | +1.0% |
| 9 |
C
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
|
▼1 | +1.0% |
| 10 |
I
IHOP
|
- | +0.1% |
| 11 |
B
Bob Evans
|
- | -1.9% |
| 12 | T The Diner | - | -5.6% |
| 13 | C Cafe Perks | - | -6.3% |
| 14 | D Darrells Diner | - | -6.8% |
| 15 |
V
Village Inn
|
- | -7.4% |
- Waffle House
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
- IHOP
- Denny's
- Metro Diner
- Bob Evans
- Perkins American Food Co.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,106 tracked store locations in Florida. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Waffle House (206)
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (64)
- IHOP (120)
- Denny's (138)
- Metro Diner (26)
- Bob Evans (45)
- Perkins American Food Co. (44)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
-
1
W
-
2
D
Denny's 138
-
3
I
-
4
C
-
5
B
-
6
P
Perkins American Food Co. 44
-
7
M
-
8
V
-
9
H
- 10 D Darrells Diner 8
-
11
M
- 12 P Popi's Place III 6
-
13
F
- 14 L Lester's Diner 4
- 15 T The Floridian 4
- 16 B Beach Diner 4
-
17
C
- 18 T The Diner 3
- 19 C Cafe Perks 3
-
20
T
Trip's Diner 3
- 21 V Voodoo Bayou 3
-
22
M
Moonlite Diner 2
- 23 S Starlite Diner 2
- 24 W Wooden Spoon Diner 2
- 25 M Mama's Soul Food 2
- 26 C Country House Restaurant 2
- 27 S Southern Kitchen 2
- 28 A Annie Ru's 2
- 29 M Mom's Kitchen 2
- 30 C City Diner 2
- 31 J Jackson Soul Food 2
- 32 O Our Place 2
- 33 M Mary's Kitchen 2
- 34 K Kountry Kitchen 2
- 35 B Broadway Diner 2
- 36 C Cozy Corner 2
- 37 H Hannah's Family Diner 2
- 38 M Mary's Cafe 2
- 39 C Coney Island 2
- 40 S Sunrise Restaurant 2
- 41 D Daytona Diner 2
- 42 J Johnny's Diner 2
- 43 O Olympia Cafe 2
- 44 S Sara's Kitchen 2
- 45 C Country Cookin Diner 2
-
46
M
Mimi's Cafe 2
- 47 D Downtown Diner 2
- 48 D Dolly's Produce Patch and Eatery 1
- 49 S Sebring Diner 1
- 50 D Deli Lane 1
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