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. D.C. Cobb's and Steak 'n Shake sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D D.C. Cobb's | - | +16.6% |
| 2 |
S
Steak 'n Shake
|
- | +8.7% |
| 3 |
B
Burger King
|
▲1 | +7.4% |
| 4 |
C
Culver's
|
- | +6.4% |
| 5 |
S
Shake Shack
|
- | +4.4% |
| 6 | B Bumper 2 Burger | ▲4 | +3.5% |
| 7 |
F
Five Guys
|
- | +3.3% |
| 8 |
M
McDonald's
|
- | 0.0% |
| 9 |
W
White Castle
|
- | -3.4% |
| 10 |
H
Hardee's
|
- | -4.2% |
| 11 |
S
Sonic Drive-In
|
- | -8.2% |
| 12 | T Twisted Burger | ▲2 | -8.5% |
| 13 |
S
Smashburger
|
- | -13.2% |
| 14 |
C
Checkers and Rally's
|
- | -13.2% |
| 15 | M M Burger | - | -13.6% |
- McDonald's
- Culver's
- Burger King
- Wendy's
- White Castle
- Steak 'n Shake
- Sonic Drive-In
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,949 tracked store locations in Illinois. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- McDonald's (689)
- Culver's (125)
- Burger King (306)
- Wendy's (217)
- White Castle (59)
- Steak 'n Shake (58)
- Sonic Drive-In (50)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
M
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2
B
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3
W
Wendy's 217
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4
C
-
5
H
-
6
W
-
7
S
-
8
S
-
9
F
-
10
F
Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 24
-
11
J
Jack in the Box 19
-
12
S
-
13
C
-
14
C
-
15
S
-
16
B
Beef-A-Roo 8
- 17 M M Burger 6
- 18 U Urban Counter 6
- 19 E Epic Burger 5
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20
T
Tommy's Red Hots 5
- 21 L Lucky Dog 4
-
22
A
A&W Restaurant 4
- 23 T Twisted Burger 4
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24
S
Small Cheval 3
- 25 D Dog n Suds 3
- 26 B Bumper 2 Burger 3
- 27 S Schoop's Hamburgers 3
- 28 J Jimmy's Famous Burgers 3
- 29 D D.C. Cobb's 3
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30
F
Fatburger 2
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31
W
Wienerschnitzel 2
- 32 J Johnny's Beef & Gyros 2
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33
D
Dear Franks 2
- 34 B Burger Bar 2
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35
W
Wahlburgers 2
- 36 F Firefly Burger 2
- 37 T The Halal Burger 2
-
38
C
Carl's Jr. 2
-
39
S
- 40 K Kuma's Corner 2
- 41 S Smith Burger Company 2
- 42 P Polar Bear 1
- 43 M Mike's Drive In 1
- 44 B Burger Bull Restaurant 1
- 45 G Grando's Hotdogs 1
- 46 F Fattoush Burgers 1
- 47 M Mike's Grill 1
- 48 D Dewey's Drive In 1
- 49 K Kickapoo Creek Saloon 1
- 50 C Chilly Willy's Ice Creams & Grill 1
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